Dawson County Board of Commissioners Chairman Billy Thurmond is scheduled to present his recommendations for the 2019 spending plan to the rest of the board on Thursday. Three public hearings will follow at 6 p.m. Oct. 4, 4 p.m. Oct. 11 and 6 p.m. Oct. 18. The board could vote to adopt the budget at the Oct. 18 meeting. County budget hearings were held in August and department heads presented around $26.8 million in general fund requests, with $2.4 million additional in personnel requests and $7.8 million additional in capital requests. Since then several items have made their way onto BOC agendas for a vote due to their more urgent nature. On Sept. 6, the board voted unanimously to approve a $27,300 expenditure for security and monitoring for the county’s computer systems through the rest of 2018.