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Bourbon County reviewers find flood-related infrastructure strains, set joint department-head budget presentations
Summary
A Bourbon County budget-review meeting highlighted depleted reserves after recent flooding, rising salary lines tied to rescinded federal guidance, EMS staffing pressures and a plan to hold joint department-head budget presentations with pre-submitted questions. The committee approved the presentation format by voice vote.
Bourbon County officials spent their meeting reviewing recent audit trends, discussing infrastructure and emergency-services costs, and approving a plan for joint department-head budget presentations.
County finance staff member Josh said recent flooding “has pretty much depleted reserves” used for culverts and related repairs, and that the county is now seeing a wave of infrastructure failures as it dries out. He told the committee that aging galvanized culverts and bridges are showing more wear and that asphalt and gravel roads are also deteriorating after the storms.
The audit and budget review showed year-to-year shifts officials said were caused by several non-operational items. A committee member summarized that the 2023 audit numbers…
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