Minnehaha County Commission needs preliminary budget this week

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Minnehaha County commission is coming down to the wire for a preliminary budget due Thursday morning.

     Commission Chairman Gerald Beninga says the capital improvement program with four potential projects will be discussed at a hearing Wednesday night.

     Beninga says there are some big discussions ahead on balancing the budget.  He says the Commission is down to the bottom line of needing $1.8 million dollars in changes in revenue, expenses or a combination of both.       

      The deadline for the county to opt out of the state’s property tax freeze was Monday.