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LaMoure County commissioners open multidepartment budget review, set follow-up meeting
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a range of department budgets on July 15 and scheduled a follow-up meeting July 24; they noted personnel changes on the Weed Board and asked HR to correct market-move reporting while departments sought transfers for urgent shortfalls.
LaMoure County commissioners convened a department-head budget meeting July 15 and began detailed reviews of multiple departmental budgets, from Road & Bridge items to public health and the sheriff's department. Chairman Bruce Klein called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.; the session ran until 1:26 p.m.
The minutes list the budgets examined as: Road & Bridge (culverts, equipment), Prairie Dog/Flexible Transportation, Weed Control, Recorder/Document Preservation Fund, Technology Fund, Insurance Reserve, Insurance, Planning & Zoning, General Government, Public Health/Opioid Settlement, Tax-related items, Community Service/Car Seat Program, Ambulance, Sheriff's Department and salaries. The record states plainly that “The commissioners went through the following budgets with the department heads: Road & Bridge/Culverts/Equipment/Prairie Dog/Flexible Transportation, Weed Control, Recorder/Document Preservation Fund, Technology Fund, Insurance Reserve, Insurance, Planning & Zoning, General Government, Public Health/Opioid Settlement, Tax Director, Community Service/Car Seat Program, Ambulance, Sheriff's Department and salaries.”
Commissioners scheduled a follow-up budget meeting for July 24 at 8:00 a.m. to continue line-by-line review and to address several urgent requests recorded during the session, including a $200,000 transfer requested by Public Health after federal-grant losses and other minor transfer requests.
