January 1, 2025

County Commissioners have scheduled a Public Hearing to amend Anderson County’s 2022 Budget for December 27th, in order to shift funds already raised by County Levies from the General Fund to specified department line items. Anderson County Clerk, Julie Wettstein says the shift of funds didn’t include any new tax dollars or any spending not originally approved in the 2022 budget, but instead reflected departments paying salaries and a number of expenses, as opposed to those costs being borne by the County’s General Fund. The move included moving $500,000 into the Road and Bridge Department and $100,000 into the Solid Waste Department.

The move followed an unrelated Budget Amendment Notice by the City of Garnett in recent weeks, aimed at bolstering funds to pay city gas and electric rates due to recent price spikes in those commodities.

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