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Hall County commissioners approve budget adjustments, direct inheritance funds to cover courthouse bills
Summary
At a special July meeting, the Hall County Board approved multiple budget cuts and salary adjustments, and voted 5'2 to let the county pay pending courthouse-expansion invoices from the inheritance fund pending bond proceeds and reimbursement.
The Hall County Board of Commissioners approved a package of budget adjustments at a July 25 special meeting, trimming operating and capital items while agreeing to shift money to cover near-term courthouse-expansion invoices.
Kayla, the county budget analyst, told the board the staff had identified a series of cuts and reallocations that together reduce the county's property-tax asking by roughly $755,286.62, not including a couple of final adjustments still to be calculated for the public defender and corrections clerical lines. "We did set a goal on day 1 to cut $8,800,000," Kayla said, describing line-item reductions that include IT contract savings, building-and-grounds maintenance cuts, and transfers from restricted funds.
The meeting included several votes tied to personnel and operating assumptions. Commissioners approved an adjustment…
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