The Hall County Board of Commissioners will vote on a 2015 fiscal year budget Thursday, but getting to this point has been trying for county staff, commissioners and residents. The process has been fraught with shifting spending proposals, discontent about the process from within and growing animosity among residents, particularly lakefront homeowners, about the possibility of a tax increase. In fact, internal communications obtained by The Times through an open records request reveal just how trying the budget process has been on county officials as they continue to deal with the lingering effects of the recession and slow-to-come recovery.