Park County is at it again

Park commissioners pass 2012 budget with $31 million in expenses, $27 million in revenue

The 2012 budget projects $31.132 million in expenditures and $26.857 million in revenue. That translates to a decrease in expenses of $296,000, or 0.9 percent, compared with 2011's budget of $31.426 million in expenditures.

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What is wrong with this picture?

That is idiotic. Saying that "we could have spent more" is hardly to be interpreted as a decrease.

frogger wrote: What is wrong with this picture?

$4 million. Time to throw the bums out!

Strategy math? 2+2 is anything you want it to be when you're a politician with taxpayer money to spend!

Isn't this to pay for all the stuff the public (you and me) ask for. We could pony up and pay the $4,000,000 we are short, they are spending the money on us after all.

Perhaps one should start a balanced budget referendum for the county?....oh wait that would involve more than posting on the internet...and we all know that no citizen has ever ever in the Park County's history ever been passionate enough about anything enough to start a referendum, why would we start with a measly $4mil overage that most people are glad to pay in the future or put off to future generations (the new American Way).

So we have essentially said build us lots of stuff, spend lots of money on anything....no matter what, we will not do anything more than internet posting to the same 14 people, so you can get away with anything you want.

This is by design people, our design. Now just shut up and pay your higher taxes, they only went up 20% last year, so we are due for an increase..and just pray that we don't kill anymore worker for this year's new buildings (2 currently going up and the one they are planning) like we have already killed in our lust for better schools that were not needed and we cannot afford.

Did you get enough sleep last night?

Here is some more fuzzy math.

The largest expenditures in the General Fund are under the Park County Sheriff's Office authority.

The Sheriff's Office, including Animal Control and the Victim's Advocate Office, has $2.46 million allocated for expenditures.

The Park County Jail has $1.1 million in projected revenue for 2012 and $2.39 million in projected expenditures.That includes a $603,000 payment on the jail bonds that are scheduled for pay-off in 2015.

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Seems risky to spend $4million of the reserves with the uncertain future we are facing. They should offer a detailed explanation at the least.

Joe wrote: Seems risky to spend $4million of the reserves with the uncertain future we are facing. They should offer a detailed explanation at the least.

Joe, isn't the future always uncertain?

Does anyone know the size of Park County reserve? If they are drawing down $4M from a $100M reserve that is less of a concern than drawing down $4M from a $12M reserve.

I didn't realize Park had a reserve, so I applaud the former politicians that built the reserve.

V_A wrote:

Joe wrote: Seems risky to spend $4million of the reserves with the uncertain future we are facing. They should offer a detailed explanation at the least.

Joe, isn't the future always uncertain?

Does anyone know the size of Park County reserve? If they are drawing down $4M from a $100M reserve that is less of a concern than drawing down $4M from a $12M reserve.

I didn't realize Park had a reserve, so I applaud the former politicians that built the reserve.

Either way... it's spending. The reserve doesn't change the fact that they are doing what they are doing. But thanks for the deflection.