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Johnson County Council approves change-drawer policy for health department after debate
Summary
The council approved a health-department request to move from a single cash bag to multiple change drawers for front-desk staff. The measure passed despite two dissenting council members who raised accounting and workload concerns.
Betsy Swearingen, director of the Johnson County Health Department, asked the council to revise the department’s change-drawer procedures so front-desk employees who handle cash each day would each carry a separate change drawer, rather than sharing a single cash bag.
Swearingen said the proposed change would align local practice with guidance from the State Board of Accounts and would make accounting for transactions—birth and death certificates,…
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