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Berrien County administration outlines lean budget plan; courts request 50% funding for positions
Summary
County administration told commissioners a near-balanced budget would require defunding or delaying several vacant positions, that no layoffs are planned in the proposal, and that courts requested funding at a 50% level; use of fund balance was revised from about $1.2 million to $120,000, with a target fund balance near 37.2%.
County administration briefed the board on preparations for the upcoming budget public hearing and described steps taken to reduce a projected fund-balance drawdown.
The administrator said staff worked to close a projected drawdown of roughly $1.2 million to about $120,000 by trimming and deferring positions and other costs. "We've managed to close that gap down to a, use of fund…
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