If budgets reflect values and what and who matters most, it was property owners and county employees— particularly first responders like deputies, firefighters and ambulance workers—who came out ahead in the Putnam County Board of Commissioners’ (BOC) budget meetings last week.
In short:
• The base millage rate for the 2022-23 fiscal year starting Oct. 1 will be cut back from the current year’s 7.72…