Bartholomew County Council members are cutting back on the council meeting schedule, and have no meetings scheduled for February.
In November, council members hinted that they might not have two monthly meetings, one a work session where no votes are taken, and one official session where members vote. That schedule has been followed for more than a decade.
Work sessions scheduled for Dec. 2, Jan. 6 and Feb. 3 were canceled. Council meetings set for Feb. 11 and Feb. 18 have also been canceled.
There are a number of reasons why the council has cut back on its meetings, said Council President Matt Miller. Since the 2020 budget didn’t go into effect until the first of January, it was too early for any county department to start having financial matters requiring council action, Miller said.
He also said work sessions will resume when they are needed, and monthly council meetings will likely resume soon.
“If we have a lot of people wanting additional money in January and February, we’ve got real big money problems,” he said.
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