DeKALB – It could not be solved with a 25 percent reduction in workforce.

It could not be solved with a $600,000 cut in spending. The DeKalb County Health Department’s budget continues to run larger deficits despite extreme measures taken by Jane Lux, public health administrator, and her department is facing another difficult year in 2013.

The Board of Health recently approved the department’s budget for 2013, which is projected to run a $340,500 deficit with $5.2 million in expenses against $4.9 million in revenue. The health department’s fiscal year runs from January to December, but budgets are approved in July.