By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

One final change was made to the proposed 2016 Ellis County budget before it was published last week.

Auditor Ken Beran with Adams Brown Beran and Ball said at Monday night’s Ellis County Commission meeting that they added four jailor positions to the sheriff’s department’s budget.

The added positions increase the final proposed mill levy to 36.728, an increase of 2.361. Beran said the county cannot increase the mill levy once it was published.

The public hearing on the 2016 budget is set for Aug. 17 at 5:30 p.m. during the County Commission meeting at the Ellis County Administrative Center in the basement meeting room.

Click HERE to view the proposed budget.

In other business, the commission received an audit report from Melissa Romme at Adams Brown Beran and Ball for both the Public Building Commission and the County Commission.

The commission also got an update on the building process of the Law Enforcement Center and Courthouse and Emergency Services building. Spokeswoman Denae Denio-Odle told the commission construction on the EMS building is expected to be completed by the middle of September.

Commissioners also met in executive session with Public Works Interim Director Curt Hoffman. No action was taken.