Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Animal Control Staffing topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Committee approves $12,000 transfer to cover animal control overtime amid staffing shortages
Summary
The Finance Committee recommended transfer of $12,000 from animal control full‑time salaries to overtime after the department reported a 45 percent staffing reduction and three of six officers out on workers’ compensation.
The Finance Committee on Monday recommended favorably an order transferring $12,000 from the animal control full‑time salaries line to the department’s overtime budget to maintain coverage through the end of the fiscal year.
Director of Animal Control Tom Decelles told the committee the department currently is operating with a roughly 45 percent reduction in staffing, including a vacant administrative assistant position and three of six animal control officers out on workers’ compensation. Remaining employees have been using vacation, comp time and personal leave, and Decelles said the overtime line would reach a critically low balance without the transfer.
CFO Dr. Troy Clarkson introduced the item and explained transfers between salary lines are a common budgetary tool to cover temporary staffing shortfalls. The committee voted to recommend the transfer favorably.
