Port decides on 2020 budget

Port of Whitman commissioners approved their 2020 budget after three different versions were presented. The motion passed for budget version three with a 2-1 vote.

The first budget reviewed was a proposed budget that the port had previously made public. The first version came out to a budget of $9,818,543.

The second version that was presented had revisions based upon the feedback of the commissioners from the port's previous meeting. The second version budget is $9,988,293.

“The second version actually has a decrease in a line item component, but the budget is larger because we made the trans...