Economic Development Commission recommends $23,185 departmental budget for 2027

The Pulaski County Economic Development Commission voted to recommend a proposed 2027 departmental budget totaling $23,185.

Staff said the amount covers per-diem pay for commission members, associated payroll taxes, modest professional services, postage, advertising and a small economic-development line item. Personnel costs are not included in this departmental budget because staff remain employed under the department specified in the enabling ordinance and affirming resolution.

"It comes out to 23,185," the staff member told commissioners when presenting the line-item estimate and noted that most items reflect decreases in core departmental budgets to offset the new EDC departmental line. Commissioners moved, seconded and approved forwarding the package — including the revolving loan-fund fee recommendation and the core department budget — to the county council for consideration.