County parks prepares for budget cuts

Whitman County parks department faces steep cuts in the looming 2010 budget overhaul facing Whitman County. Loss of part-time seasonal employee hours, no over-time for regular employees, and steep cutbacks on equipment repairs and office supplies are all factored into the budget which parks director Tim Myers has proposed to county commissioners.

Myers told the park board at a Dec. 10 meeting this budget was only sustainable in the short-term, short of laying off employees.

County commissioners have each put forth a proposal for the park department budget. The final county’s overall 2010 budge...