Hill County Commission considers online county budget access

The Hill County Commission discussed the possible implementation of a tool that would allow the public to see a great deal of data about county budgets, increasing transparency regarding how the county collects and spends money.

This system is already used by a number of counties in Montana and Hill County Treasurer Sandy Brown said during the commission’s weekly business meeting Thursday that the tool would be a benefit to virtually everyone.

Brown said the system would pull data from county systems displaying budgets, budgeting processes, receivables, payables, expenses, tax collection broke...