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Industrial board in fight for funding
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IDB director Don Alexander said the cut resulted in a lean year.
The Industrial Development Board has requested $250,000 from Warren County for fiscal year 2016-17, a full reinstatement after having its budget cut last year.During last year’s budget discussions, IDB had its request of $250,000 reduced to $150,000 by county Budget and Finance Committee members after they questioned the organization’s financial needs. IDB director Don Alexander said the cut resulted in a lean year.“Knowing that budgets are tight, we at the Industrial Development Board have tried to be good stewards of the money that is entrusted with us,” Alexander said. “With the money we received from the county and with the money we received from the city, which was $40,000, we operated on about a 51 percent budget of what we requested.”Lean times may continue.