Tighter budget leads to $5.6M in contingency

County considering turning civic center into new SCSO office.

  • The Jefferson Smith Civic Center could be the future home of the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office depending how renting out the 15,000-square-foot facility goes over the next five years. The SCSO is one of various county agencies and departments that need new or larger offices. (FILE)
    The Jefferson Smith Civic Center could be the future home of the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office depending how renting out the 15,000-square-foot facility goes over the next five years. The SCSO is one of various county agencies and departments that need new or larger offices. (FILE)

    Suwannee County plans to carry more than $5.7 million in contingency funds as part of its budget next year thanks to uncertainty over future ad valorem tax revenue.

    Tightening budgets across department…