Farmington preps two budgets

Operation budgets hang in the balance as officials at Farmington hold out hope that three levy proposals will somehow get over the 60 percent approval mark in the final count of general election ballots Nov. 28-29.

The last ballots to be counted are ones which were deemed problematic by the county elections staff. Late postmarks, signature matchup with registration, and other problems put the ballots in front of the canvass board for their ruling. Right now the county has 166 ballots in the stack.

Returns on the three Farmington levies are now at 56 percent, 57 percent and 50 percent; all are...