Committee cautions that uneven settlement payments limit ability to add permanent positions
Members noted that settlement-derived revenue varies by year (examples cited) and that the committee's current balance constrains adding ongoing staff; they urged careful planning before using grant funds for long-term hires.
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A committee member (S1) summarized the county's settlement schedule and its implications for hiring and sustained programming. The member said, "last month is about 365,000," and explained that annual payments vary across the settlement schedule — citing figures such as a year with roughly $32,000 — which means some years cannot support new salaried positions.
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