Isabella clerk volunteers cut in deputy hours

Isabella clerk volunteers cut in deputy hours

Painful cuts remain as Isabella County officials address a massive budget deficit. While some elected department heads battle to keep what they have, one has offered up savings. County commissioners on Tuesday approved Clerk Minde Lux’s request to cut an unfilled full-time deputy clerk position to part-time and possibly use money from the concealed pistol license fund to pay the $26,532.08 salary for up to 29 hours a week at an hourly rate of $1…