Council OK's budget, ordinance fix

The Jay County Council approved a final budget and made a fix to an ordinance in a short special meeting Monday afternoon.
The council had to review and approve the 2011 budget for the Jay County Solid Waste District. That budget, at $166,810, was slashed from 2010 due to cash flow issues with the waste district.
“It’s lower,” said district director Kay Hayes. “Whole lots (lower).”
Hayes said a recent increase in the landfill tipping fees, however, did work to increase revenue. The waste district generated about $6,000 more in August than it would have under the previous fee.
The council approved the budget 4-0. Council member Marilyn Coleman was absent and Dan Orr was present at the meeting, but missed the vote. Council president Gerald Kirby, who called the meeting to order several minutes before its scheduled start time of noon, did not vote.
The council also made a correction to its ordinance regulating the Local Option Income Tax. The ordinance had the tax rate listed at .5 percent instead of the correct .05 percent.
The mistake was merely a typo, as the county has been collected the tax at the correct rate. The council voted 5-0 to correct the mistake.[[In-content Ad]]