Budget workshops for the county have been held the last couple of weeks and will continue next week as well. During discussions at the workshop this afternoon the topic of the county needing to borrow money to pay bills for the final quarter was raised. County Auditor Mary Johnson joined County Judge Carl Thibodeaux and Commissioner John Banken in agreement on the strong possibility the county will need to borrow money. Thibodeaux said the county will need to include the interest in next year’s budget, but Banken does not want to wait until the last minute like last year. Johnson said County Treasurer Christy Khoury and Assistant District Attorney Doug Manning would need to get the ball rolling to borrow the money. Khoury is on vacation this week, but Thibodeaux said he will get with her when she gets back to work out details of the loan.
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