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Legislature postpones, then approves $1.49M DSS year-end budget transfer after reserve review
Summary
A proposed year-end transfer of $1,490,000 to cover Department of Social Services overages was postponed after counsel raised concerns about the tax stabilization reserve; the legislature later amended the resolution to draw from fund balance and approved it 12–1.
The legislature considered resolution M (DSS year-end budget adjustment) on June 3 after staff said the Department of Social Services exceeded budget allocations in 2024 because of higher childcare and Medicaid-share costs.
Laurie (Department of Finance staff) explained county staff had expected some Medicaid weekly-share increases and initially planned to use a mandated contingency fund the county had reserved years earlier, but that the shortfall was large and deserved legislative attention. Legislators asked whether the funds were the county’s tax stabilization…
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