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Lane County adopts third supplemental budget; departments cut 49.9 FTE amid grant changes
Summary
The Lane County Board of Commissioners approved Supplemental Budget No. 3 on April 1, 2025, a routine amendment that reduces net staffing by 49.9 full‑time equivalents as several grant-funded positions lapse or remain vacant and a major resiliency grant remains inaccessible.
Lane County commissioners on April 1 adopted Supplemental Budget No. 3 for fiscal 2024–25 after a public hearing and comments from county budget staff, approving the order by a 4–0 vote with Commissioner Buck excused.
The supplemental, described by senior budget analyst Kevin Mahoney as “the third supplemental” in the current fiscal year, adjusts revenues and appropriations across multiple funds to reflect grants that have closed, delays in planned bond issues and changes to personnel budgets. The hearing was required under ORS 294.471 and ORS 294.473 because at least two funds are changing by more than 10 percent of their current budgets.
The changes are part of the county’s regular budget maintenance cycle and will feed into development of the 2025–26 budget. County staff told the board the Special Revenue Fund adjustments mostly reflect grant activity and the Public Works Capital Fund reductions are tied to the Queen Lane bond, which staff said is not expected to be issued before the end of the fiscal year.
The supplemental shows a net reduction of 49.9 full‑time equivalent (FTE) positions. Of those, 45.8 FTE are vacant positions in Health & Human Services divisions including Community Health Centers, Behavioral Health and Public Health. Staff also listed a technical removal of one ended limited‑duration FTE, a reduction of two FTE in Community Justice and Rehabilitation Services tied to grant expirations, and two FTE in the sheriff’s office associated with timing and funding for Mackenzie Recovery and West Lane Regional patrols. The District Attorney’s office requested 1.5 FTE additions: one regular medical‑legal death investigator and one temporary 0.5 FTE medical‑legal death investigator.
Commissioner Trigger asked the staff to confirm a separate grant referenced in the materials. Mahoney and other staff confirmed that the county’s Community Change grant — identified in the packet as the $19,500,000 resiliency hub grant — remains inaccessible because the federal portal has been closed and the county cannot draw on those committed funds at this time.
The board's formal action came after the staff presentation and the public hearing closed with no in‑person testimony. Vice Chair Senega moved to approve Supplemental Order No. 3 and the accompanying resolution; the motion was seconded by Chair Lovell and passed 4–0, with Commissioner Buck excused absent.
The supplemental will be incorporated into ongoing budget planning for 2025–26; staff said departments requested these adjustments as part of closing out the current fiscal year and reconciling timing differences in grant awards, contract renewals and hiring.
