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Article: $1 million wasn't missed/ El Paso County funds sent instead to Elbert
- Article from:
- The Gazette
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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El Paso County was short nearly a million dollars it was supposed
to get from the state this year, but nobody noticed until an outside
agency pointed out the problem.
The Colorado State Treasurer's Office accidentally sent $970,000
in transportation taxes to neighboring Elbert County when it was
supposed to go to El Paso County.
The mistake happened with the county in a financial hole, facing a
$6 million budget shortfall next year. Every department has been
asked to submit a plan to cut their budgets 5.5 percent.
The Elbert County Treasurer's Office agreed to give the money to
El Paso County next month. Elbert County officials are negotiating