Five Alamance County departments will switch to performance-based budgeting based on a study conducted by an Elon University junior who worked as an intern in the county finance department.

One reason to be somewhat skeptical, at least in my opinion —-“(i)nstituting performance-based budgeting will cost the county up front, but offers much larger savings in the long-term.” We constantly hear that from government, do we not?

Meanwhile, Commissioner Tim Sutton —– who’s calling for a ban on local cash incentives —— is disappointed that every county department didn’t volunteer for performance-based budgeting.