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JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — County Administrator Robbie LeValley opened the 2023 Draft County Budget with an overview. The key points include total expenses of $54,226,108, which is a significant increase over last year’s $40,641,200 in appropriations. Revenues, however, Read on…
HIGHLIGHTS, COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING, OCT. 18, 2022 By JoAnn Kalenak, Senior Blogger Commissioners approve gravel pit expansion, deny asphalt plant At this morning’s public meeting, Commissioners grappled with — and ultimately approved — Elam Construction’s application to expand an existing Read on…
JoAnn Kalenak, Senior Blogger, DCCR — The Library District told the public in this morning’s KVNF newscast that a $536,000 unbudgeted expense to build a hastily planned new branch in Delta isn’t the cause for their current fiscal woes. Instead, Read on…
Library district may close branches to pay for new building in Delta At yesterday’s Library District Board meeting, members met in Crawford to discuss the unbudgeted cost overruns to convert the old City Market building in downtown Delta into a Read on…
After a second reading yesterday and full posting in the Delta County Independent, Commissioners passed an updated ordinance prohibiting the accumulation of rubbish (junk) on property in the county. The biggest change from the earlier ordinance comes in enforcement adding Read on…
At this morning’s public meeting, County Commissions agreed to turn away any new applications for “commercial-scale renewable energy facilities in unincorporated Delta County” for the next six months. Planning staff and the Planning Commission has been tasked with developing standards Read on…
While overall reserves dropped slightly in 2020, this latest fiscal year has more than made up for any decreases, according to the 2021 audit presented to Delta County Commissioners this week. Eighteen of the county’s 21 funds increased leaving the Read on…