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Perry County budget committee trims spending, flags parks maintenance and staffing needs
Summary
At a Perry County budget-session, committee members cut roughly $1.3 million from the general fund draft and said about $906,000 remained to meet the target; they also reviewed parks maintenance costs, equipment repairs and a staff retirement, and adjourned to continue work the next morning.
Perry County budget committee members spent a working session reviewing line-by-line expenses, saying they had reduced draft general fund spending by about $1.3 million but still needed roughly $906,000 in additional cuts to meet their target.
The meeting focused on small operational lines — registration fees, software maintenance, postage, utilities — and larger recurring items such as parks groundskeeping, mowing and equipment repair. Speaker 2 confirmed the committee would set the registration fee at "0," and later summarized the session's progress in line-item arithmetic as they worked toward the overall reduction target.
Why it matters: The committee is balancing near-term budget pressures against recurring maintenance needs for…
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