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2021 budget on docket for County Commission

The Eddy County Commission is getting a start on the 2021 budget. On Monday, July 6, the commissioners met with several county entities to hear their proposed budgets.

State’s Attorney Ashley Lies’s budget of $63,036 covers the salaries for Lies as well as a part-time legal assistant. This is a $10,350 decrease from the previous year, and some of the most notable line items reduced in this...