Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Iron County moves to Phase 2 on budget reconciliation

By PAMELA JANSSON

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HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday Part A of Phase II of the county’s budget reconciliation plan, as presented by board member Kurt Wolff.

As lead coordinator of the process, Wolff reminded board members that the county incurred a $2.6 million deficit by dropping carbon credits and stumpage from the 2024 budget.

He said that $1,750,000 of the debt has been resolved during the past three months.

Wolff added that remaining progress will be possible with further expense cuts and by increasing the tax levy.

He said the le...