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Resident urges county to account for $3 million in revenues and prioritize volunteer fire funding
Summary
A resident told the Uvalde County Commissioners Court she found at least $3,000,000 in county revenues in the draft budget and asked to meet with commissioners to review how fees and sheriff’s federal-prisoner contract receipts are used and whether more can be routed to understaffed volunteer fire departments after voters rejected an ESD tax.
Diane Carew told the Uvalde County Commissioners Court during public comment that, after conservatively totaling figures in the county budget draft, she found "at least $3,000,000," excluding hotel-tax and health-tax receipts, and asked to meet with the court to review how those revenues are used.
Carew said much of the county’s revenue stream is tied to departmental fees and the…
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