County commissioners discuss concern over state budget cuts

WARREN — Concern over impending state budget cuts was the theme as commissioners from nine counties met with state legislators.

“We realize we’ve got to accept some cuts,” said Larry Long, executive director of the Columbus-based County Commissioners Association of Ohio.

He added. however, “We need and deserve adequate support” because almost everything counties do is required by state law.

Where state funding to county governments is reduced, Long’s message to the legislators was: “You’ve got to take some of the unfunded state mandates off the backs of counties.”

Some 40 people gathered today for the association-sponsored meeting at Cafe 422. Such meetings take place in each region of the state every two years as the new General Assembly session begins.

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