It may be difficult to get any kind of budget increase past the Wright County Board during the next budget cycle.

During Today’s board meeting, Commissioner Dick Mattson mentioned the number of foreclosures in the county in the past year, and said the county’s unemployment rate in December was the highest it has been in a few years.

Mattson asked the board to schedule a budget committee of the whole as soon as possible to discuss the situation and to let county departments know what it expects for the next budget session.

“We are not going to burden the taxpayers with another year like last year if I have anything to say about it,” Mattson said. “Wants and needs are two different things,” he added.