The Hawk Eye
The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors discussed the Department of Human Services Thursday, focusing on how much money the department spends versus how much it asks for every year at budget time.
During the budget meeting, supervisors noted that DHS regularly does not spend their entire budget yet continues to request the same amount of money. If you don t need it, we don t have to levy for it, said Supervisor Tom Broeker.
Des Moines County is one of 10 counties that pay for the Eastern Iowa Service Area for DHS. DHS is one of a handful of organizations for which the county provides funding without having any control over the budget.