{ "type": "data-table", "title": "A salary note blocks an inspection budget", "caption": "The committee had two distinct facts in front of it—an unresolved raise and more contract help for gas-station inspections—then deferred the whole budget.", "source": { "label": "Vigo County Budget Committee, 2026-08-13 — Salary note flagged, 12:18", "href": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VZOnQ0PS8&t=738" }, "alt": "A two-row civic table separates the unresolved staff-raise note from added contractual-services help for a growing number of gas-station inspections. Because the raise question was unresolved, the entire weights and measures budget was deferred without a vote or return date.", "dataTable": { "columns": [ "Budget element", "What the committee knew", "Amount", "Status" ], "records": [ [ "Staff salary", "Unresolved note about whether the budget includes a raise", "Not stated", "Needs answer" ], [ "Contractual services", "Added help for more gas-station inspections", "Not stated", "Included in deferred budget" ] ] }, "footnote": "No salary, contract, or total budget amount was stated; unknown values are not shown as zero.", "columns": [ { "id": "element", "label": "Budget element", "encode": "text" }, { "id": "known", "label": "What was known", "encode": "text" }, { "id": "amount", "label": "Amount", "encode": "text" }, { "id": "status", "label": "Status", "encode": "text" } ], "rows": [ { "element": "Staff salary", "known": "Raise note unresolved", "amount": "Not stated", "status": "Needs answer" }, { "element": "Contract help", "known": "More gas-station inspections", "amount": "Not stated", "status": "Budget deferred" } ], "theme": "default" }