Preliminary report on 2016 county budget points to overall gain

County Administrator Gary Petrovich, right, presents a preliminary 2016 budget report to the Board of County Commissioners Tuesday morning.

The Board of County Commissioners received some good budget news at its regular meeting Tuesday, Jan. 17. County Administrator Gary Petrovich presented a preliminary 2016 budget summary.

“These are very preliminary numbers, and a lot of departments are still creating journal entries and accounting for 2016, but I thought it was important to get this dialogue started with you and for the public,” Petrovich told the commissioners.

The county's total passed b...