‘We need the numbers’: Shelby County can’t budget without clarification on clerk’s office revenue
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“We need the numbers,” said Commissioner Edmund Ford, Jr., who represents district nine. “Next week is March. We need a proposed budget in April.”
“It should have been done right away,” Commissioner Amber Mills told FOX13. “We cannot make a budget without correct numbers.”
Finance officials also said the county owes money to schools because they are owed a portion of the wheel tax.
“We’re behind on paying the schools because we don’t want to keep paying on numbers we’re not 100% sure about,” Tipton said.
Taxpayers were shocked to learn the county doesn’t have an accurate idea on how much money is available next year for roads, emergency services and schools.
“How do they not know what kind of money we have in the county?” asked Tyler Nelson, a Cordova resident.
Commissioners asked to meet with the clerk’s office next week to get to the bottom of the financial issues.
“When we’re talking about figures being off and the public not being able to have accurate numbers, I just think it’s just incumbent on us to do our due diligence to balance the narrative here,” said Commissioner Britney Thornton, who represents district ten.
Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert did not return multiple requests for comment.
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