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At its June 20 meeting, the Allendale County Council voted to extend its 2023-24 budget until the 2024-25 budget is finalized.
Council chair Matthew Connelly said the extension of the 2023-24 budget will be indefinite, but the council hopes to have completed the 2024-25 budget by the end of July. Connelly declined to comment further on the contents of the 2024-25 budget.
“We’re not going to have [the budget] done by July 1st, so we’re extending the budget until we get it passed,” Connelly said. “We did not put an end date on it, but our hopes are to be done within 35 to 40 days.”
The council also voted to approve the use of $245,000 in Savannah River Site settlement funds to allow Sheriff James Freeman to purchase five new cars for the Allendale County Sheriff’s Department. The county was allotted $2.5 million in settlement funds.
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