Commissioners begin reviewing departments’ budgets and funding requests

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. County officials recently held the first of six proposed budget workshops that they will hold over the coming months in preparation for the formulation of the general budget for the next fiscal year, which begins on Oct. 1. At the first workshop, held on Thursday morning, March 7, county officials got a preliminary look at the department budgets of building inspections, library, mosquito control, and parks and recreation. Budget Officer Gus Rojas began with a brief presentation of what the commissioners would hear, noting that each budget presented would include only recurring costs, including increases arising in the current year, absent one-time pur