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Motion to cut coroner medical equipment supplies to $65,000 fails 2–3
Summary
After discussion of the Coroner's requested budget, a motion to reduce medical equipment supplies to $65,000 failed on a 2–3 vote; Commissioners Arzy and Jennings voted in favor, Commissioners Haswell, Siddle and Wright opposed.
Dr. Robert Byrd, County Coroner, presented and discussed his requested budget with the Board. Commissioner Holly Jennings moved to reduce the coroner's medical equipment supplies to $65,000. The motion failed on a 2–3 vote; Commissioners Mike Arzy and Holly Jennings voted in favor, while Chairwoman Christi Haswell, Commissioner Nick Siddle and Commissioner Lonnie Wright voted against the reduction. No further action on the Coroner's budget was recorded in the minutes.
The minutes do not include line-by-line justification for the proposed reduction or detail on how the $65,000 figure was calculated; they record only the motion and the roll-call outcome.
