The Hawkins County Budget Committee voted Friday to send the draft of the budget with a 3.5 cent property tax increase to the full commission for vote.
A Scott County Board of Supervisors budget workshop was continued to June after disagreements on how to handle a general fund deficit between $850,000 and $1.544 million.
The director of Washington County Schools told the county’s Budget Committee on Wednesday that school officials are asking for help in narrowing a $7.9 million deficit in the system’s proposed $100 million budget.
Washington County Schools officials continued discussion about how to address an $8 million deficit projected for next fiscal year at Thursday’s Board of Education meeting, ultimately deciding to send the budget mostly as is to the Washington County Commission for approval.
Members of the Washington County School Board took a critical look at the financial needs of the district in a special-called meeting Tuesday.
A proposed tax to fund fire and emergency medical services agencies dominated Monday’s Scott County Supervisors budget workshop, but the broad picture leaves a potential deficit between $1.15 million and $988,000.
The Scott County Board of Supervisors will continue discussion on a new tax to guarantee a stable floor of funding for the county’s fire and emergency medical services departments.
If there's one thing supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump's tariffs should agree on, it's the need to unchain prosperity at home while international trade is in flux.
With a surplus of $340,000 from debt payments made on past purchases of dump trucks, Hawkins County commissioners must decide how best to utilize this windfall.Â