Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
MEMBERS OF the Iron County Finance Committee consider ways of reducing the county's budget deficit at an Aug. 20 meeting. The committee is under the umbrella of the Iron County Board of Supervisors. From left are county board chairman Larry Youngs (in background), Scott Erickson, Roxanne Lutgen and committee chairman Kurt Wolff.
By PAMELA JANSSON
HURLEY - Members of the Iron County Board of Supervisors engaged in several votes on Aug. 27 to to reduce a still lingering budget deficit.
Some of the votes resulted as more controversial than others with some members voicing vehement disapproval.
One example was a vote to save $100,000 by no longer subsidizing the position of Kelly Klein, coordinator of the Iron County Economic Development Zone.
"Kelly did a hell of a job for this county for 22 years," said Larry Youngs, board chairman. "But we can save $100,000."
"We pay for his services," noted...
