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Finance director proposes a menu of cost-savings measures; county to investigate vacation-accrual change and other efficiencies
Summary
The finance director presented proposals from a recent retreat that could reduce spending — including prompt-payment vendor discounts, consolidating copier contracts, travel and training limits, and an investigation into spreading bonus/vacation accruals rather than a lump-sum drop — and commissioners asked staff to investigate potential impacts.
Kathy Frank Baxter, the county finance director, presented several cost-saving ideas discussed at a recent retreat and asked commissioners to authorize preliminary investigations into their feasibility. The suggestions included asking departments to pursue vendor prompt-payment discounts, consolidating copier and printer contracts and right-sizing equipment, and limiting travel and training for the current biennium to positions that require certification. "I'm recommending that we ask all departments to try and investigate implementing [vendor prompt-pay discounts]," Baxter said, noting some vendors already participated in early-payment…
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