More budget cuts

At their September meeting the Highland County Board of Supervisors announced that county departments receiving state aid would have that aid cut by approximately 4% this fiscal year. This cut originated with the state and it was up to each locality how it would be applied. The options were an across-the-board cut to all departments, cuts made to some departments and not others, or the county could step in and cover the costs of the cut by writing a check from their reserves. Our supervisors chose the option suggested by Virginia's Department of Planning and Budget, which seemed most fair to all departments affected by the cuts. In our case it will be a loss of $708. This money will be cut directly from the library materials budget.