County Council reviews budget requests

The Wells County Council has begun reviewing 2014 budget requests, summarized below, but the county's surveyor, assessor, auditor, treasurer, clerk and recorder believe the county should pay them more, and the council doesn't know if the county can afford it. Learn more about both side's thoughts in the Friday, Aug. 9, News-Banner.

Proposed 2014 budgets for the Wells County Council:
• Highway Department – $989,150; Motor Vehicle Highway Administration – $211,250; Maintenance and Repair – $1,596,600; Local Road and Street – $250,000
• Health and Local Health Maintenance – $300,191 for the Health Department; $33,139 for Local Health Maintenance
• Assessor – $102,863 for the Assessor’s office; $177,604 for Reassessment; $5,049 for Sales Disclosure Fee
• Clerk and Election Board – $317,078 for the Clerk’s office; $54,655 for the Election Board; $6,575 for Clerk’s Records Perpetuation
• Probation – $355,872 for Probation; $25,677 for Juvenile Probation; $58,972 for Adult Probation; $8,000 for Urinalysis fees; $2,900 for Substance/Indigent Fund
• Coroner – $34,831
• Area Plan and GIS – $115,759 for Area Plan Commission; $20,850 for GIS
• Custodian – $197,964
• Treasurer – $121,849
• Solid Waste – $74,305
• Council – $59,355
• Sheriff and Jail – $1,378,405; $1,640,530
• Veterans – $34,249
• EMA – $29,888  for EMA; $5,200 for Emergency Plan/Right to Know
• Prosecutor and Pre-Trial Deferral – $439,701 for the Prosecutor’s office; $1,125 for Pre-Trial Diversion; $31,177 for Pre-Trial Deferral.
• Recorder – $71,192
• Community Corrections – $292,091 for Adult Corrections; $19,291 for Misdeameant
• Surveyor and Drainage Board – $121,285 for the Surveyor’s office; $18,190 for Drainage Board; $20,000 for Surveyor’s Corner Perpetuation
• Auditor – $213,145 for the Auditor’s office; $11,000 for Auditor’s Ineligible Deductions; $8,000 for Plat Book
• Soil and Water – $33,843
• Superior Court – $91,498
• Circuit Court – $219,166
• Extension Office – $210,054
• I.T. – $129,300
• Commissioners – $990,990 for Commissioners; $735,000 for CEDIT County Share
• Statewide 911 – $396,825
• LOIT Public Safety – $170,739
• Elected Official Training – $5,000
• County Certified Shares – $1,684,000