Lane County Commissioners are avoiding potential budget cuts to the sheriff’s office and other public safety needs by pulling from reserves.
That’s the decision that came out of the commission’s meeting Tuesday afternoon, passing on a 4-1 vote.
The county’s original plan to close its pending shortfall was to use lodging taxes. The proposal would have used $4.8 million in lodging taxes to fund rural patrol for two years and $1.7 million to cover courthouse improvements…