County makes cuts to balance 2015 budget

After a two-hour workshop Tuesday morning, Whitman County commissioners believe they have a balanced budget for next year.

Commissioners faced a more than $170,000 deficit when they began dealing with the budget that morning. Other factors bumped the deficit to more than $286,000.

The commissioners eliminated the deficit by cutting $48,000 which had been charted as staff additions and $200,000 from capital improvement and an operations contingency fund. Another $40,000 in property tax adjustments was added to the revenue side of the budget.

They spent the most time discussing the auditor’s bud...