Officials question staffing and benefit lines while reviewing budget coding
During contract review, participants flagged healthcare and benefit costs as the largest budget driver and debated whether salary and benefit figures were overstated; staff said the official budget is set and changes require formal amendment.
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County participants reviewed budget line items tied to the Extension Service contract and raised questions about wage, benefits and travel allocations. One speaker said the "biggest driver" in the budget was healthcare and repeatedly referenced totals: "so without travel... 25,806" and later described a higher figure as "61688 is high." Participants noted they had added internet and professional-services lines and discussed whether salary calculations matched the labor sheet used to prepare the budget.
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