Residents Seek Answers in Joint Hearing

The Joint Public Hearing scheduled for the Cheyenne County Commissioners room was moved to the district court room Monday, and still had an overflow capacity.

The meeting was held as a requirement of LB644. LB644 requires a joint meeting of taxable districts when the district's proposed budget exceeds the “allowable growth percentage” as defined in the measure as 2 percent.

Cheyenne County and Leyton Public School District were represented at the meeting. Cheyenne County opened the hearing with Jeff Jung of Turning Point Financial/ Rauner and Associates explaining the budget process. Commissio...