Commissioners okay budget with 2.61 percent in cuts

All county department heads Monday departed the county commissioners’ final budget meeting with a 2.61 percent cut to their budgets for next year.

Commissioners bridged half of the $660,000 deficit Monday for the 2011 budget by ordering a cut of $330,000 to be shouldered by the county departments.

No department is anticipating layoffs at this time.

“I don’t want to say I’m happy, but I’m satisfied with the way things turned out,” said Prosecutor Denis Tracy, whose department faces a cut of $18,000.

The 2011 general fund budget had a $660,000 deficit at the start of last week. The commissioners...