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Perry County begins budget work session as staff reconcile conflicting revenue estimates
Summary
County staff said updated revenue estimates and a reclassification of interest income narrowed available general-fund revenue, raising the cut the county must make; commissioners set a conservative 2026 wage starting point and agreed to multiple first-pass cuts as staff produce reconciled forms.
Perry County commissioners and staff met in a multi-hour budget work session to reconcile differing revenue estimates and begin reducing the county's proposed 2026 spending. Staff told the panel that a reclassification of investment interest and updated figures from the Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF) reduced general-fund revenue and increased the county’s required cuts.
The meeting began with a question from Speaker 3 about the final size of required reductions. Speaker 4 (staff) explained that initial budget books prepared with Baker…
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