C M Y K www.newssun.com EWS UN NHighlands County’s Hometown-S Newspaper Since 1927 Working her way back Head-on collision Panther Youth Sebring’s Wolfe still has Two adults, four kids hurt Students tell chamber eye on Olympic dreams in crash on S.R. 17 members about goals SPORTS, 1B PAGE 2A PAGE 3A Wednesday-Thursday, August 3-4, 2011 www.newssun.com Volume 92/Number 91 | 50 cents Inside County cuts attorney fee budget by $55,000 By ED BALDRIDGE review meeting, but $42,000. His contract is cur- percent increase over what he
[email protected] Commissioner Don Elwell rently at $162,000 trending is tracking for the year and it SEBRING — asked the board to consider towards $216,000,” Elwell is still an $80,000 savings,” Commissioners decided to reducing the amount set aside stated. Elwell stressed. reduce their budget for attor- for County Attorney Ross The county budget for just Board Chairwoman ney fees during a special Macbeth during the final contractual services in 2011- Barbara Stewart disagreed meeting on Monday, amount- minutes of the meeting. Elwell Macbeth 12 was set at $355,499, and with Elwell’s suggesting, and ing to an additional $55,499 The cuts originally pro- Elwell felt that the extra from argued to leave the litigation and contractual budget at the in budget cuts. posed by Elwell added up to “Currently his litigation the two line items was not proposed rates. The cuts were not on the an approximately $80,000 budget is $90,000 and he is at necessary.