FORT SCOTT — Bourbon County Commissioner Mika Milburn-Kee told fellow commissioners on Nov. 2 to prepare for budget overages as the year closes, citing a warning that one county department could run more than $70,000 over.
Milburn-Kee said she had received an email, and believed other commissioners had too, warning about the one department budget. The sender thought the cause was personnel. The department was not named at the meeting.
“There are things that previous commissions have done to counter that. And I think it’s our responsibility to review all of those options,” she said. She said she would bring options to the commission.
The warning comes as departments are trying to track their budgets near year-end. County Treasurer Jennifer Hawkins told commissioners Oct. 26 that she couldn’t give departments accurate budget reports because seven payrolls had not hit the general ledger.