A months-long feud between State Fair board members came to a head Friday during the group's monthly meeting.
Board members voted to approve what was described as a "conservative" budget for 2021, but not before board Chairwoman Beth Smith of Lincoln and board member Jeremy Jensen argued about whether the budget process had been transparent enough.
Jensen, a former Grand Island mayor who was appointed in 2019 as the city's representative on the board, said he felt the proposed budget should have been discussed more extensively in a public session before being voted on.
Jensen contended that having the budget presented to board members in November and then discussed in private by the board's finance committee before Friday's vote was a process that was not transparent enough.