It's a back and forth over the budget that is running out of time. After the Albany County legislature adopted a version last week, the county executive has stepped in, slashing parts of their proposal. Innae Park reports.

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ALBANY COUNTY, N.Y. – It’s another hurdle in the recent battle in Albany County over finalizing a budget for the 2012 fiscal year.

Albany County legislator Shawn Morse, chair of the audit and finance committee, which amended the 2012 budget, was in disbelief.

“Where we go now, I’m not even sure,” he said.

County Executive Mike Breslin sent a letter to the county legislature Monday explaining why he vetoed certain lines in the budget just a week after they adopted it. Breslin says the expectation of millions of dollars in revenue from the sales tax and savings from personnel cuts is unrealistic.

“They didn't specify any specific positions, they just said we're going to have ‘personnel savings’ by what we're going to do. I don't see how they're going to do it without not filling vacancies. [It will get] to a point where we're not going to be able to perform our critical services,” he said. “If they had been precise, they would've realized there's nothing there to be cut individually.”

Breslin says the proposed budget had an estimate of $3.3 million in revenue.

However, Morse says this is what they did last year successfully.

“There was a lot of concern that we had overestimated it and in the end, everything that we presented came back as we presented it. So we're going to have to look at our track record and realize we've been steadfast on doing everything we can. And when we present something, it's factual, not a guess,” Morse said.

Breslin is not convinced.

“If it doesn't come in, then we’ll be borrowing, borrowing to continue our ongoing operations. We can't do that,” Breslin said.

The budget has already struck a nerve for many residents since Breslin originally proposed a 19.2 percent property tax hike. The legislature brought it down to eight percent, which required an override of the cap set by the Governor. These vetoes bring it back up to over 12 percent.

“It's a disappointment for everybody, but I guess we just have to get down to work and figure it out,” said Morse.

The legislature now has the option of overriding the veto. If they do, their most recent version of the budget will be adopted. If they let it go, Breslin's original budget will stand.

However, there are still many different scenarios that can play out.

The legislature will hold a special meeting this Wednesday at 6 p.m. to address the veto. They are required by the charter to hold a meeting by Friday, December 16. However, their deadline to actually override the veto is Monday, December 19. The legislature would need 26 votes to override it.