County could cut almost $1 million from budget

Pike commissioners heard the proposed new budget is a 9.8% reduction from last year’s budget at their Tuesday, April 26 meeting. According to county manager Bill Sawyer, the current fiscal year budget is $9.6 million and the proposed budget for the coming fiscal year is $8.7, a total reduction of $865,298.’We’ll discuss this in great detail in the coming weeks,’ Sawyer said. ‘Obviously the commissioners will have the final say on the budget but this is the current proposed budget.’The commission met Tuesday to go over the initial proposed budget and start Pike’s lengthy annual budgeting process.