BEND, OR -- Deschutes County Commissioners and the budget committee have started work on the budget but there are uncertainties. Commissioner Phil Henderson says the federal government sent the state 1-point-6-billion dollars to help cities and counties, but so far only the Portland metro area has been helped. He says Washington county received 100-million dollars while Portland got 75-million. Henderson says the governor is requiring all other counties to go through a complicated process to prove expenses related to the COVID-19 Pandemic before money is released.