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Health Department reports grant cut but council approves RN pay adjustment
Summary
Amanda Stanford of the Health Department said the Health First Indiana grant was cut by 75% but current funding will sustain programs for two years; the council approved a pay adjustment for Leslie (last name Strait) to RN pay scale retroactive to her RN license date.
Amanda Stanford of the Decatur County Health Department told the council that the Health First Indiana grant has been cut by 75 percent but that the department’s current funding will sustain programming for about two years without additional county dollars.
Stanford said consequential grant reductions mean the department must monitor budgets closely; she also introduced Amanda Bates to request a salary adjustment for a staff nurse. Bates said Leslie (last name given in transcript as “Leslie”) recently passed the licensing requirement (graduated June 7) and requested adjusting Leslie’s salary to the public health nurse rate of $60,000, retroactive to the date Leslie received her RN license.
A council member asked about the department’s grant outlook; staff said programs are fiscally sound for two years under current funding but future cuts could force personnel reductions or expense reductions. Bates said the RN pay adjustment is grant funded.
A motion to approve the department’s personnel adjustment was made and seconded; the transcript records the motion and the council’s voice approval and shows the council accepted the adjustment.
The transcript does not specify Leslie’s prior or new hourly/salary code beyond the requested $60,000 public health nurse rate and the requested effective date (Leslie’s RN date).
