County 2014: Budget bind points to cutting one deputy

Whitman County Commissioners on Monday morning notified county department heads about cuts in the budget, resulting in the loss of one sheriff’s deputy and possibly more employees throughout county offices.

Commissioners wanted a sustainable budget and county finance directors shaved about seven percent more off the general fund budget to bring it within a projected $13.1 million.

The most affected department is law enforcement and Sheriff Brett Myers was not happy when he heard his department’s budget proposal was cut by a total of more than $323,000. He said his 2014 operating budget is now...