Allen County commissioners heard three proposals for budget support Tuesday morning, an annual aside to construction of their budget.
Tim Cunningham, Tri-Valley Developmental Services, requested $65,000 for 2015, the same as this year.
Cunningham said 80 Allen County residents received services in the county, and another 11 elsewhere within Tri-Valley’s four-county area — Allen, Neosho, Bourbon and Woodson.
Mainly because of cuts made by the state, he said Tri-Valley’s budget had decreased $2 million in the past seven years to the $5.2 million proposed for 2015.
“We’ve lost some clients, but not $2 million worth,” he said, and budget cuts mainly had been dealt with through consolidation of jobs.
Allen, Neosho and Bourbon counties all have been asked to contribute $65,000 for 2015, Woodson, much smaller population-wise than the other three, $23,000.
A pending change in Iola is the Tri-Valley work station downtown on West Jackson Avenue will be moved to the old F & S Supply offices, 335 N. Cottonwood St.
Representing the Allen County Historical Society, board member Larry Manes asked for annual support of $27,000, an increase of $500 over this year.
Maness said several projects awaited funding, including more storage space in the main museum building, corner of Washington and Madison avenues, and improvements elsewhere. The museum building has second-floor storage, but to protect artifacts it needs climate controls, Manes said, the area being too hot in summer and too cold in winter.
Iola provides about $23,000 a year through transient guest tax collections and the remainder of the society’s $70,000 budget comes from donations and sales.
The Humboldt Historical Society has received $5,000 in previous years; no presentation on its behalf was made Tuesday.
Court budget increases were pegged at $41,000 by Dina Morrison, clerk of the District Court. That would put the total at $352,213.
Morrison said the increase came from indigent services, up $20,000 to $25,000; computer services, up $6,000 to $24,500; and a one-time expense of $15,000 for security measures to protect employees in the public office area.
Commissioners said they would consider each request.
MIKE TRUMBULL, who lives northeast of Humboldt in the 1700 block of Idaho Road, told commissioners drainage whistles near his home were insufficient to deal with recent heavy rainfall. He also noted snow often drifted as high as five feet where Idaho tops a nearby hill, making the road impassable.
