Oconee County Council Approves New Budget

Oconee County has new budget, but it passed last night only by a slim margin after a two-and-a-half hour meeting, two cost-cutting amendments, and a great deal of back-and-forth. Paul Cain was able to save more than $100 thousand dollars by motioning to eliminate two jobs…

Glenn Hart lost his attempt to revert to a $49 million general budget…

Now, Oconee County has a $58 million budget that several public comment session speakers claimed is too much, including resident John Wendorf, who was among those that pushed the council for a line-by-line examination of every projected expenditure…

Council member Julian Davis said that decisions regarding the budget are not made lightly…

In the end, the budget passed by a vote of 3-2.