The Baldwin County Commission has received the Government Finance Officers Association’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award, clearing proficiency standards in all four categories and 14 mandatory criteria.
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Coverage of county budget from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Baldwin County Commission Approves $124.87 Million Budget
Baldwin County commissioners approved a $124.87 million budget with a small pay raise for county workers amid ongoing debate over road repair funding.
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Baldwin County Asks Local Agencies to Help Pay for Its $4.5 Million Emergency Radio Network
Baldwin County set aside $335,000 to maintain the countywide emergency radio system in 2015 and asked the cities and volunteer fire departments that rely on it to share the cost.
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State Audit Flags Mobile County Commission Travel Spending
State examiners flagged the Mobile County Commission for paying travel claims that did not fully meet its own reimbursement policy during the 2009-2010 fiscal year, and urged tighter documentation going forward.
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He Wanted the Job So He Could Eliminate It: A Candidate Runs to Abolish the County Treasurer’s Office
The chairman of the Mobile County Democratic Party announced a run for county treasurer on a pledge to shut the office down within two years, calling the post an expensive relic of another era.
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Sheriff Sam Cochran Made a Crowded Metro Jail His First Order of Business
Mobile County’s sheriff told a civic club he had cut the jail population by hundreds, won a raise for corrections officers and put technology at the center of his department, saving taxpayers millions.