Determining the county’s budget is not an easy task. The process began last Wednesday and will continue until the finalization meeting on October 8. Last Wednesday and Thursday, county government department heads came to the Howard County Council to present their proposed budgets.

Daryl Maple, council president, said he felt the workshops went well. Councilmen John Roberts and Brett Sanders agreed, saying that each department head did their due diligence presenting a budget that had very little fat, as Roberts described it.

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