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County treasurers get jump on budget preparation County treasurers (from left) Debbie Cross (Greene County), Becky Gattas (Phillips County), Judy Burnett (Prairie County) and Tim Stuckey (Grant County)
organize talking points at the head table for a panel discussion during the budget preparation meeting at the AAC in late July. Approximately 60 county treasurers and their
staff members got a jump on the 2012 budget process by participating in a July 27 workshop on revenue projections and budget preparations at the Association of Arkansas Counties facilities in Little Rock. “The budget process, including the calcula-
tion of revenue projections, may be difficult and trying – but is an extremely important part of county government operations,” workshop lead-
er Eddie Jones told the group. Jones served 26 years as Randolph County Treasurer and three years as director of the Association of Arkansas Counties. “A good county
budget process can be
summed up as a combination of leadership, col- laboration and communication,” said Jones. A panel of five county treasurers related spe- cifics on budget preparations for the treasurer’s office and proper use of the county treasurer’s
automation fund. They also shared ways of tak- ing the pressure off the county general fund. Panelists were Janet Hibbitts, White County; Debbie Cross, Greene County; Becky Gattas, Phillips County; Tim Stuckey, Grant County; and Judy Burnett, Prairie County. Arkansas law requires the quorum court of each county to make an appropriation for the expenses of county government for the following year before the end of each fiscal year – which is
Above: Linda McNeil, Perry County Deputy Clerk, and Bob Treadway, Indepen- dence County Treasurer, stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Right: Nelda Speaks, Baxter County Treasurer, listens to ways to take pressure off the county general fund.
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