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Iron County board discusses limiting finance committee power

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — In Iron County, a lot of financial decisions live and die at the Iron County Board of Supervisors’ Finance Committee. The county board debated changing that Tuesday as it discussed whether purchases above a set amount needed to be brought before the full county board rather than handled by the committee.

“I feel that too much has been put onto the finance committee, as far as being able to make decisions without coming back to the full county board. We don’t get any recommendations from finance as a full board; it’s ‘Bring it to finance f...