Auditor reports 2011 deficit

First glance at Whitman County’s 2011 budget shows a deficit of less than $100,000, Auditor Eunice Coker said Monday.

As the 2011 spending plan begins to take shape, initial figures look better than anticipated. Coker cautiously told a room full of county officials at a lunch time meeting.

“The budget looks, tentatively right now, like current expense is not too far out of balance,” she said.

After four amendments to the 2010 budget, the county is currently projected to spend $827,866 more than it takes in by the end of the year.

But Coker said 2011 expenses submitted to her from various depar...