Betty Asmussen wears a few different hats in her capacity as an elected official in Christian County. She is both the County Treasurer and Collector. In her role as Christian County Treasurer, Asmussen says that this past budget negotiation was a little bit of a struggle.
Asmussen says that the county has finally received their Cares Grant funding and that the county had a variety of unanticipated expenses that weren’t budgeted for during the last fiscal year.
COVID-19 caused a variety of different budgetary issues for the county, according to Asmussen, with the courthouse being closed and court now being done mostly via Zoom.
After everything is said and done Asmussen hopes that the county, after the audit, will end 2020 with a slight surplus.
Christian County Treasurer Betty Asmussen was a guest on the NEWSTALK WTIM Morning Show.