Sumter County Government has hired a new Animal Rescue Coordinator, Amy Frey. Thank you to Sheriff Dennis along with the City of Sumter and Chief Roark for working with us to coordinate a new rescue program for Sumter County.
After three long months of meetings, some with staff, others with County Council and staff which includes extra budget workshops, we now have an approved balanced budget for Sumter County operations. County Council at its regular meeting scheduled on June 13, 2017, approved third and final reading for Sumter County Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Budget Ordinance #17-866 with revenues and expenditures in the General Fund of $51,394,154.
County Council must balance and approve the Fiscal Year 2017-18 operating budget by June 30, 2017.
Several meetings and considerable work has been accomplished by Council and staff to date on the proposed budget. County Council has approved two readings on the budget ordinance, with a third and final reading approval scheduled for June 13, 2017. The two budget readings include expenditure requests of $51,595,359, revenue of $51,492,664, and a shortfall of $102,695. With this current shortfall, Council and staff will continue working to balance the budget.
Well I did it again, I talked about the nice weather with 800 temperatures in February and now it is mid- March with 400 and 500 temperatures. The Azalea blooms may not survive the next few weeks. We even had ‘snow’ one morning! We did not receive much accumulation but it sure was nice to see the big flakes falling.
Help is on the way…