Boone County budget

The public will have opportunities to comment on the county’s proposed budget during public sessions at 1:30 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Dec. 5 in the commission chambers.

Rep. Cheri Toalson-Reisch, R-Hallsville, is pushing an initiative petition to get the freeze on the 2024 ballot in August.

Members of the Boone County Commission addressed the county’s shrinking sales tax revenue as its primary concern during the first public hearing for the…