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Resident calls Madison County Tourism budget 'not a real budget' at public hearing; county staff promises more detail
Summary
At the county’s public hearing on the 2026 tentative budget, resident Art Libio criticized the Madison County Tourism budget for lacking expense line items and accounting for $381,000 already spent; county staff said tourism operates under a contractual agreement and offered to publish more detail with staff assistance.
At a Dec. 5 public hearing on Madison County’s tentative 2026 budget, resident Art Libio sharply criticized the county’s presentation of Madison County Tourism’s budget, calling the tourism entry a “non-budget” and saying it lacks expense categories and an accounting for roughly $381,000 already spent.
“There's no accounting so far for the $381,000 spent…This is not a real budget,” Art Libio said during the public comment…
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