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Auditor’s budget review spotlights staffing shifts, software purchases and rising contractual costs
Summary
County staff and council discussed the auditor’s requested increases, a planned part‑time/position reclassification, expanded software (grant seeker) and higher contractual services—most notably multiple Baker Tilly engagements—while council members proposed cuts and asked for itemized backup.
The Delaware County Council and budget staff spent the latter portion of a Sept. 4 workshop reviewing the auditor’s proposed 2026 budget, highlighting personnel reclassifications, software purchases tied to grants work, and a sharp rise in contractual services.
Auditor staff said the office requested a standard 4% across‑the‑board increase but noted benefits and reclassifications drive much of the change. Staff described one reorganization that eliminated a senior flat room deputy and moved existing personnel into a grants and compliance deputy role (budgeted at a $38,050 salary line). They also asked to move a recording‑secretary stipend and position into the general fund and requested a title change for a finance deputy to “finance administrator” to…
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