County officials get quarterly budget update

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Commission recently got a quarterly update on the budget, a report that derives from commissioners wanting a better handle on the county’s finances, following the not-long-ago financial upheaval in the clerk of court’s office. Budget Manager Gus Rojas in the county manager’s office provided the commission with a 38-page report on Thursday evening, Jan. 17, noting that the document represented the actual expenditures, versus the budgeted amounts, for the period between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2023. Among the points that Rojas highlighted in his brief presentation were that the revenues for the first quarter revenues had proven hi