Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Iron County Board continues Phase 2 of budget reform

By P.J. GLISSON

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HURLEY — Led by its recently elected new leaders, the Iron County Board of Supervisors continued to address Phase 2 of its budget reform at a Tuesday evening workshop session.

Larry Youngs, the new board chairman as of the April 16 reorganizational meeting, chaired Tuesday’s session, at which no votes were taken.

Kurt Wolff, the new vice chairman, has been leading the budget reconciliation strategy and summarized the current status.

Wolff said that, although the 2024 budget appeared balanced on paper, the board since then voted not to include carbon cred...