With figures added in for a 3 percent raise for county employees for the2012-2013 fiscal year, the Cannon County Budget Committee looked to trim
other numbers throughout the entire budget in anticipation of putting a
recommendation together to present the Cannon County Commissioners in time
for their Saturday July 14th meeting. County employees have not had a
raise in 5 years and the Budget Committee have been mulling over
recommending a budget with a raise in place. Revenues and Expense for the
2011-2012 fiscal year are close to being accurate since the year ended
June 30th. Estimated Revenue is now projected to be $5,724,700.00 with
expenditures for the 2011-2012 year to be an estimated $5,860.639.00.
which would leave a estimated fund balance of $501,014.00.
The Budget Committee went through each department’s budget. $41,500.00
worth of requests were either cut or eliminated. First on the elimination
table was the $1000 line item of overtime in the Election Commission’s
request. Most departments requests were left alone in this round of
budget request cuts however the Sheriff’s Department Budget was looked at.
Overtime Pay was cut $5000 to $20,000 for the 2012 2013 fiscal year.
Communication was cut back to $15,000.00 which total trimmed $8000 off the
Sheriff’s Department Budget from $935,674.00 to $927,674.00. The jail
department received a $5,000 cut on their request of Maintenance and Repair
Services for buildings from $25,000 to $20,000. The Fire Departments
received the biggest cuts of the night of their requests. Gasoline Budget
was trimmed $2,000 from a requested $10,000 to $8000. Uniforms were cut
to $13,000 for the year. Office supplies were knocked down to $500.00 and
other charges got chopped $5,000 to show the figure at $2000. The
Committee took a look at the Contributions item and looked into the
$10,000 request from the Chamber of Commerce. After discussing, the
general consensus of the Committee was to trim the request to $5000 with
an additional $1200 if the Chamber agrees to maintain the County Website.
More details on the possibility will be discussed next week.
The next meeting of the Cannon County Budget Committee will be Thursday
July 12th at 6:00 at the Cannon County Courthouse
