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Putnam County’s new fiscal year budget could require a 50-cent property tax increase if budget committee members funded every request. Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter told the committee Monday night the pre-discussion budget draft shows general fund expenditures of some $58.4 million. That is some $10.2 million over projected revenues. Committee Chair Ben Rodgers told the committee they need to ... Read More »

The Putnam County Budget Committee asking all department heads and elected officials to take the new salary study and figure out how much it would cost to fund all the changes needed. The work will be based on the average differences for each position based on similar-sized cities and counties as well as the private sector. County Mayor Randy Porter ... Read More »

After hearing presentations from the final county departments, Putnam County Budget Committee Chair Ben Rodgers had a message for committee members. Rodgers said with the requests the county has, it will require additional funding. “So, we need to start deciding June 9th where we go from there based on the funding we know that we’re going to have and work ... Read More »