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related discussion Monday afternoon came in approving McCarthy’s proposed distribution of an additional $71,000 in budget cuts parsed on by the state last month. . Spending reductions in various county departments and programs, including a suspension of the county’s Farmland Protection Program, account for 45 percent of the cuts proposed by McCarthy who recommended making up the difference with appropriations from the general fund.
"If the cuts continue," he said, “at this point forward, it's going to start costing us people," McCarthy said, referring to personnel reductions the county has thus far managed through attrition and cuts in part-time hours.
Board Chairman Robert Anderson said he thought McCarthy's budget cuts, while painful, seemed fairly distributed. “Looks like every body is taking a pretty good hit," he said.
Address ordinance
The board decided to spend some time promoting, rather than passing immediately, a new uniform address ordinance which requires property owners to have street addresses displayed in three-inch-high, reflective numbers, as requested by the county’s emergency - services offices.
Notices will be sent out with the next property tax bills, McCarthy said, explaining the the county’s intention to standardize its street address displays, among other measures, to familiarize property owners with the program.
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