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Morton County hears 2025 budget presentations from county departments and local nonprofits
Summary
At the July 23 meeting the commission heard 2025 budget presentations from the Highway Department, the states attorney's office, the sheriff and several nonprofit and service organizations; no formal budget votes were taken during the meeting. Specific dollar amounts for the proposed 2025 budgets were not specified in the minutes.
County department heads and local nonprofit representatives presented proposed 2025 budgets to the Morton County Commission on July 23, 2024.
John Saiki, Morton County engineer, presented the Highway Department’s 2025 budget. Chase Lingle, assistant states attorney, discussed the states attorney’s 2025 budget, and Sheriff Kirchmeier presented the Morton County Sheriff’s Office proposed 2025 budget. Representatives from community organizations—Sara Eastman (Youthworks), Melanie Hanson (Centre Inc.), Bill Robinson (Lower Heart Water District), Debbie Lafferty (Morton County Council on Aging) and Barb Sandstrom (Morton-Mandan Library)—also presented their organizations’ 2025 budget requests to the commission.
The meeting record indicates these were presentations for the commission’s review; the minutes do not record formal votes or dollar amounts for the presented budgets. Where amounts or detailed funding sources were not recorded in the meeting minutes, the minutes list the submissions as “presented” without further detail.
No formal budget votes were taken at the July 23 meeting; any formal action or adoption would be recorded in subsequent sessions or budget hearings.
