Chelan County Commissioners Hope to Finish 2020 Budget Before Christmas

The Chelan County Commissioners say they hope to finalize the 2020 budget before Christmas.

Doug Englund says they are still working on closing the gap in requests versus available funds.

"It would be nice if there were some issues that would be simple to cross off the list and say 'That's ridiculous. That's too expensive.' But the requests that we're getting make common sense and need to go forward."

Englund says there are two ways to waste money, buy things you don't need and don't take care of business at hand.

He also noted they are lucky to have a healthy fund balance that provides a little cushion.

Hear our full conversation with the Commissioners below: