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Finance IT Committee approves moving maintenance supervisor salary to Maintenance Administration fund for FY2026
Summary
The Finance IT Committee voted to consolidate the maintenance supervisor’s salary into the Maintenance Administration Building-only fund beginning in fiscal 2026 to simplify bookkeeping; the committee recorded a roll-call approval and left FY2025 allocations unchanged.
The Finance IT Committee voted to shift the maintenance supervisor’s full salary to the Maintenance Administration Building-only fund beginning with the fiscal 2026 budget, a change committee members said will reduce monthly manual journal entries.
The action grew out of a discussion about a long-standing 50/50 salary split between the sheriff’s office and county maintenance lines. Committee members said the split requires a monthly manual allocation because the payroll system accepts a single funding line for the position.
Committee chair (name not provided) said the split dates to when maintenance responsibilities were shared between the courthouse and the county board and that consolidating the salary would simplify accounting. Committee members discussed whether to implement the change immediately or wait until the FY2026 budget; the chair moved that the FY2026 budget reflect the consolidation.
The motion, described at the meeting as: “effective with the FY26 budget that the maintenance supervisor salary line be paid from the Maintenance Administration Building-only fund,” carried on a roll call. Recorded yes votes included Bagger, Ault, Stockton, Crow and Lodge; the meeting transcript did not specify the second. The committee instructed staff to leave FY2025 entries unchanged and to make the adjustment in the FY2026 budget documents.
During the discussion staff noted the practical reason for the change: the county’s payroll system allows one primary funding source for a salary, and splitting the line requires monthly manual journal entries to reallocate half the salary from the sheriff’s appropriation. Committee members said moving the line would remove that recurring accounting task.
The committee did not identify any statutory obstacle to the change at the meeting and asked staff to incorporate the consolidation in the FY2026 budget sequence.
The committee’s implementation plan calls for retaining current accounting for FY2025 and making the consolidated line effective with the FY2026 budget submission and subsequent payroll setup.
