Iron County continues budget work

By PAMELA JANSSON

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HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors received good and bad news in relation to budgetary progress, as reported during the July 30 meeting.

Finance Committee chairman Kurt Wolff said that $1.75 million already has been saved from the county’s 2024 budget. He added that, as part of Phase 1 in a budget reduction process, those savings were realized by addressing budget oversights, reducing expenses and postponing the purchase of capital items.

More good news is that, in his words, “Phase 1 changes largely avoided any employee impact.”

However...