Out of the total annual budget for Dawson County, almost 7.1 million dollars is required to pay for mandatory and discretionary items. Those two areas of the budget were a major topic of discussion this past Tuesday when the Dawson County Commissioners Court held a budget workshop to prepare the 2019-2020 fiscal year budget. “We’re here for a third time (in a budget workshop) and there still is a lot to consider,” County Auditor Rhonda Martin told the Commissioners Court. She said over 4.8 million dollars in the budget funds mandatory items, which the county is required by law to fund, while almost ...