Hours have not been set yet but Cannon County citizens will see a significant cut in the time that the Convenience Center is available due to necessary budget cuts mandated by the State Comptroller’s office. The Budget Committee met Thursday a week ago to address the State Comptroller’s office mandates that the County gets themselves out of the current financial crisis that they are in. State Comptroller’s office stated that the County must cut $100,000 out of expenditures within the next fiscal year. The Budget Committee made a recommendation for cuts of the general fund and solid waste. The County Commission Thursday considered those cuts. Chancery Court Office asked the Commission not to affect their budget because they would have to cut employees hours and they are operating as low as they possibly can. Sheriff’s Department has volunteered to look at their budget to see if anything can be cut but according to the CTAS office, the Sheriff’s Department’s maintenance of effort must be met.
The motion was made and passed to get the County Departments to cut 2.58% in their expenditures and work with the Sheriff’s Department. They will not cut the time or salary of the employees in the County Register of Deeds and Chancery Court.
The Commission also voted to make budget cuts of the Solid Waste Department. County Executive Mike Gannon pointed out that the Solid Waste Department makes up 5% of the total county budget. 81.5% of solid waste budget cannon be reduced because of volume of trash. So any cuts will have to come from the 18.5% of the budget. The cuts County Executive Gannon suggested included that one of the employees at the Convenience Center will be laid off. The other two employees hours will be reduced to 32 hours each. The Convenience Center hours in which it will be open will be reduced from 67 to 45 a week. Hours have not been set as of yet. Motion was made and passed.
