County 2013 budget $200K short; plan to balance of 2012 surplus

Commissioners still plan to pass a deficit budget for Whitman County’s operating plan in 2013.

The $59.58 million budget is expected to spend $200,000 more than it will earn in revenue. The deficit will be in the $13.29 million current expense budget which is the main operations budget for the county.

Tight spending in 2012 is expected to generate a surplus that will cover next year’s deficit, according to the budget hearing presentation given commissioners Monday by Administrator Gary Petrovich and Finance Administrator David Ledbetter, Jr.

“Departments have made a big effort this year to be...