Funding was a major issue during 2016

In 2016, one word dominated the headlines and discussion throughout local governments: funding.

While the Green River City Council has dealt with decreased revenues for the past several years, the issue spread to the Sweetwater County government after a decline in the county’s valuation resulted in a 20 percent decline in the 2016-2017 budget.

Wally Johnson and the other commissioners told residents layoffs would be a last resort and held true to that statement as county employees were not eliminated in the process of reigning in the budget to match the anticipated revenues. The county has wor...