Virtual budget hearing held in Whitefield
Selectman Stan Holz reviewed the budget handout. It appeared as follows:
General Government: 2020 Appropriation: $612,056; 2020 Expended: $480,188 and the request for 2021: $554,763, a decrease of $57,293.
Public Safety: 2020 Appropriation: $921,155; 2020 Expended: $888,494; and the request for 2021 is $982,609, an increase of $61,454.
Holz noted that there is a $30,000 increase for regional dispatching services for the police and fire-rescue departments.
Highways, Streets, Bridges, & Sanitation: 2020 Appropriation: 998,399; Expended: 932,816 and the request for 2021: $1,032,677, a $34,278 increase.
Health & Welfare: 2020 Appropriation: $23,654; Expended: $14,950 and the request for 2021 is $26,806, an increase of $3,152.
Holz pointed out that the increase is for an increase in the Health Officer s salary and a line item for health officer supplies.
. eric: there has been a little bit of a cool enough with the trade war with china continues. many farmers uncertain over the next dollar. they re hoping for a new trade deal to put an end to the financial bleeding here is a report from nebraska. reporter: it is not just the physical aches from a day s hard work from corn and soybean farmer is feeling. he gets to be a pain. reporter: is also stress of not knowing how much money he will bring in unless the president s trade war. the uncertainty is forcing the nebraska farmer to find other ways to stay afloat. delay equipment replacement, you might have to try to find cheaper seed or do things a little differently than you normally would not do. he is not alone, according to the state farm bureau, it is cost nebraska farmers nearly $1 billion in lost revenue this year alone.
trade policy eating away at profits for some u.s. farmers. it s not just the physical ache from today s hard work that this soybean farmer is feeling. it gets to be kind of a pain. it s also the stress of not knowing how much money he will bring in amidst the president s trade wars. it s forcing him to find other ways to stay afloat. delay equipment replacement. find cheaper seed and do things differently than you normally would do. reporter: according to the state farm bureau, tariffs cost nebraska farmers $1 billion in lost revenue this year alone. beyond nebraska, midwest farmers in illinois, minnesota and wisconsin are also feeling the strain as bankruptcies
the administration s hard line trade policy eating away at profits for some u.s. farmers. it s not just the physical ache from today s hard work that this soybean farmer is feeling. it gets to be kind of a pain. it s also the stress of not knowing how much money he will bring in amidst the president s trade wars. it s forcing him to find other ways to stay afloat. delay equipment replacement. find cheaper seed and do things differently than you normally would do. reporter: according to the state farm bureau, tariffs cost nebraska farmers $1 billion in lost revenue this year alone. beyond nebraska, midwest farmers in illinois, minnesota and wisconsin are also feeling the strain as bankruptcies