The continuing decline in the local economy will force Hillsborough County commissioners to sharpen their budget knives again this year and consider more layoffs. ...more

February 5, 2009

Hernando County Commissioners recently approved a $12 million increase in our 2009 budget. ...more

January 14, 2009

County commissioners got the grim news Tuesday from their budget director: the general fund faces a $1.6 million revenue shortfall from what was originally budgeted for fiscal year 2009. ...more

January 7, 2009

Budget Director George Zoettlein will ask county commissioners Tuesday to increase the 2009 budget by $12.3 million to allow for incomplete projects from last year to be carried over to the new fiscal year. ...more

January 5, 2009

An analysis by the county's budget office shows Hernando County's general fund will experience about $1.6 million in projected revenue shortfalls over what was budgeted for fiscal year 2009. ...more

January 3, 2009

About $1.4 million appropriated last year for new voting machines was instead spent on personnel costs in Hillsborough County's elections supervisor Buddy Johnson's office, according to the county's budget director. ...more

December 24, 2008

Outgoing elections supervisor Buddy Johnson has changed his mind about asking the county commission to give his office more money. ...more

December 19, 2008

Despite the daily grind of dreary economic news, Hillsborough County government finances are in the pink, at least for now. ...more

December 18, 2008

The second time around was even quicker than the first. Thursday's final budget hearing attracted about 40 people - mostly county department heads and staffers - to the government center and lasted all of 15 minutes. ...more

September 26, 2008

The roughly $9 million a year it may cost to staff the Pasco County jail addition once it is fully open caught the attention of the County Commission this morning. ...more

September 23, 2008