Reducing county reserve fund has risks, commission is warned
Shelby County CFO Mathilde Crosby holds up a copy of the budget in question to the Shelby County Commission during a May 27, 2020 meeting held at the Peabody Hotel Grand Ball Room. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphis)
The commission will vote Oct. 26 on setting new parameters for the spring budget season. And the county’s CFO says it could be dangerous to lower the percentage of reserves on hand.
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