Whitman County lowers revenue forecast

Whitman County’s revenues for 2012 are coming in slower than expected. So, however, is spending.

County Administrator Gary Petrovich reported actual revenues are trailing projections set forth in the June budget amendment. Petrovich revised the county’s total revenue for the 2012 current expense budget from $14.2 million to $12.7 million.

“I’m estimating that our actual revenues for the total of 2012 will come in about $12.7 million,” Petrovich told officials in a meeting in the commissioners’ chambers Monday morning.

Financial Administrator David Ledbetter reported expenses through July have...