By John Estridge Retired Franklin County Sheriff Ken Murphy did the research. He found out how to appeal the Brookville 2022 Budget to the state agency designed to approve or not approve local government entities’ budgets. It takes 25 signatures on a petition. Ken and myself took it around and got the required number of …
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Pointed comments, varied opinions during Franklin County Council 2021 Budget Hearing
By John Estridge It was the proverbial good news/bad news scenario for Franklin County Council members when their financial consultant talked about the 2021 budget at their September meeting recently. The good news is based on new information: the General Fund budget will actually come through with a $27,000 surplus when it was thought to …
UCC ponders tax increase to pay for public safety and health insurance concerns
By John Estridge It was the proverbial good news/bad news scenario for Union County Council members at the prelude to the 2021 budgetary process. Elected officials and department heads in Union County government understood the financial situation for county government, which is usually austere, but with COVID-19 ramifications, may be even more austere for the …
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