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911 budget trimmed after auditors reclassify capital costs; commissioners urge hiring, overtime review

3398186 · February 28, 2025
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Summary

Auditor and staff flagged roughly $258,314 in 911 equipment capital costs that should be treated separately from operating expenses. Commissioners recommended classifying those items as capital, trimming the operating ask to about $2.5 million and examining overtime and hiring strategies to limit recurring costs.

Trumbull County commissioners and staff reviewed the 911/dispatch budget and determined that several items in the 2024 actuals — notably server replacements and recorder equipment — are capital expenditures and should be removed from operating comparisons.

Auditor Martha Yoder and staff said the equipment non‑capital line included…

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