Oklahoma County approves September supplement transfers, adds elected-official pay adjustments

Oklahoma County budget officials on an intra-agency workshop approved several September-supplement actions to cover employer premium increases, add small pay adjustments for elected-official salary accounts, and record one-time funding sources for audits and courthouse work.

The county approved moving supplemental dollars into employee benefits to cover a 3.6% rise in employer premiums and directed staff to add a statutory salary increase into each general-fund budget that pays an elected official. Commissioners and budget staff also placed watch-list notations that three one-time items — a federal CARES audit exposure, fifth-floor courthouse furniture and blinds, and a county audit shortfall — would be paid from one-time/reserve funds if required.

Why it matters: the actions change September supplement accounting and ensure the county’s employee-benefit fund receives the employer-premium increases now calculated by budget staff; they also put the elected-official salary adjustment into departmental budget workpapers so the budget board’s September…