(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

After four years as a unit, and after nearly a decade of backlog, these County Commissioners can boast that things are in place heading into the end of 2019.

This is because the Board of Commissioners, with the assistance of Financial Advisor Corey Trautman, released their proposed budget for 2020 on Wednesday at their regular work session. The total budget is for $213.2 million, with $81.1 of it attributed to the general fund. Outgoing Commissioner Sandie Egley gave praise to Trautman for this accomplishment, citing the issues of administrations past:

 

Commissioner Tony Amadio agreed with Sandie, saying that it feels nice to go into the holiday season with a bit less on the plate to deal with:

 

The 2020 budget will be voted on during the final public meeting of 2019, at 10 AM on Thursday.