Commissioners said this week they are pleased with the initial departmental budgets presented for 2011. During a budget review hearing on Wednesday, Aug. 11 with Highland County Auditor Bill Fawley, commissioners Shane Wilkin, Tom Horst and Gary Heaton expressed appreciation to department heads for keeping next year’s budget close to the 2010 numbers. “The requests came in very much in line with what they were this year,” Fawley said. “There are some increases, but nothing major."