By Staff reports
WINFIELD - Putnam County commissioners on Tuesday approved the county's proposed budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year.
There are few significant changes in next year's budget. The Putnam County Clerk's office will receive nearly $300,000 in additional funding to buy new voting equipment. Putnam's current equipment was purchased 11 years ago. The county approved the purchase of equipment, to be paid over five years, in August.
The county will purchase five new vehicles for the sheriff's department during the next fiscal year. The ambulance authority will receive nearly $100,000 more next year.
The county expects their bill at the Western Regional Jail will be $100,000 less during the next fiscal year.
The new fiscal year begins July 1.