Officials debate staffing coverage and contract labor for treasurer's office

Sep 16, 2026

With two people in the office, participants said training or contract labor may be needed to ensure payments are accepted when staff are absent; commissioners discussed possible small transfers to cover operating supplies.

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Participants flagged operational risk when only two staff cover the office. The Public Trustee and Virginia described scenarios where both staff could be out (illness or short absence) and there would be no one to take payments; one person said, "If we both 1 of them is gone and you don't make sit…Nobody can really do anything, but I need to have somebody in there in case somebody comes."

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