County approves budget

A $185 million budget was passed by the Sweetwater County Commissioners last week, but disagreements regarding how the budget was formulated resulted in two commissioners voting against it.

The commissioners hosted a budget meeting July 5 to discuss and approve its 2017-2018 budget. The commissioners received criticism from Sweetwater County Treasurer Robb Slaughter and Chief County Assessor David Divis regarding aspects of the budget and the process the commissioners followed.

Slaughter criticized the commissioners for not allowing elected officials the chance to comment during a June 20 budg...