From the Jeffersonville News and Tribune:
As Clark County Council President Barbara Hollis read the amount of the county’s 2013 budget at the council’s Monday meeting, she was suddenly stopped mid-announcement by a fit of coughing.
“It’s a number to get choked up on,” quipped Councilman Brian Lenfert, who was recognized by Hollis as the budget’s architect.
“Thank you to Brian,” Hollis said. “He has spent countless hours on this.”
The council unanimously adopted a 2013 budget that counts on about $16.5 million in the county’s general fund, down from $21.7 million requested by department heads and the county commissioners.
At previous meetings, Lenfert had estimated that the 2013 budget would have to be pared down to about $14 million, but said there are a lot of “unknowns” that have yet to be discovered, including miscellaneous revenues, certified shares and property-tax-replacement credits, along with unspent dollars appropriated to departments that will revert back to the general fund.
Lenfert said that in years past, the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance, or DLGF, has approved budgets higher than what independent consultants predicted, but isn’t sure that will be the case this year.
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