The county won't see any change in the taxes they receive or anything until a business or industry decides to go up over there.

I don't want to tell a department head right from the beginning what he needs or doesn't need. I get a statement from the county saying this is what you're going to get for tax dollars. I have a separate meeting with each of the department heads to look at what we need to cut.

I didn't see very much of it impact this budget. We're in a position where we are better off than a year ago, but still not in great shape. Until the Legislature changes how they do things with the rollback, we probably won't have extra tax dollars.

In March we'll know (what amount will be given to the YMCA). If there are additional funds, we could give those to CVB.

The biggest thing is deciding where $10,000 more has to come from.

As a recreation/green area, this is in line with the grant possibilities.

We are waiting for abstracts to be updated and for the phase one and two EPA studies to be completed. We will probably close sometime in early March.

We want to accomplish this sometime this summer.

This would be another step for Boone in biotech and value-added agriculture to push that marketing niche we're forming in our community.

We need to have this project done before the school opens.