Earlier this year, Montgomery County Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack called on every department head and elected official to reduce their budget by 5 percent. On Friday, the budget workshop concluded and a 2018 fiscal year budget of $328,751,430 was announced, resulting in a budget reduction of 5.51 percent, roughly $19.2 million less than the previous year’s budget. The 2017 proposed budget was $347,914,687.
Curtailing spending has been a crucial part of Commissioner Noack’s initiative to provide tax relief to the citizens of Montgomery County.
