With the budgeting process becoming more defined as revenue numbers and expenses are drilled down, Box Elder County Auditor Tom Kotter presented a budget of .42 million across all funds for a public hearing held at the Dec. 1 county commission meeting. The budget as presented on Wednesday cut expenditures by .6 million from the tentative budget presented on Nov. 10, and reduced a projected revenue shortfall from .2 million to .3 million, falling within or near what Kotter believes the actual numbers will be. “We budget very much worst-case scenario,” explained Kotter. “Expenses are high, revenues are low. In...

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