County commissioners approve 2027 budget nearly $1.5M higher than this year
LISBON — Columbiana County commissioners approved a general fund tax budget for next year that’s nearly $1.5 million higher than the general fund appropriations for this year. But they’ll still need to cut budget requests by $390,947 to hit the mark the auditor says they can spend next year in the general fund. “The requests are always much more than we’re given,” Commissioner Mike Halleck said. The projected income totals $28,376,130 while the funding requests from the various offices dependent on the general fund total $28,767,077, for a difference of $390,947. ...
