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Laura Lane
The Herald-Times
SPENCER – Owen County Council spent a few hours Tuesday night hammering out ways to cut county expenses by 20% between now and the end of the year.
They made progress, transferring money from one account to another where possible and hearing from several department heads about plans to reduce the amount of money they spend over the next seven months.
The cuts are necessary because of the county’s bad habit of spending more money than is appropriated in its budget. Add to that a paperwork mistake that cut the county’s tax income for this year by nearly $1 million, and the financial woes compounded.