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County moves benefits out of probation user-fee budget after statute review; staff warn of sustainability risks
Summary
Delaware County staff said they removed benefits from probation user-fee budgets to comply with statute limiting fee use to salary supplements; presenters warned removing benefits stresses county general funds and leaves the user-fee fund less flexible for programming and monitoring.
Delaware County budget staff told the council they removed employee benefits from several probation user-fee budgets after reviewing state statute language limiting fee-funded uses to salary supplementation.
Emily Anderson said the county had been putting benefits in user-fee budgets for several years but learned the statute "explicitly says to supplement salaries" and does not authorize paying benefits. She described moving about $30,000 in part-time funds into the…
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