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Staff lists seven new positions and 29 reclassifications in FY26 requests; county has not included expansions in continuation budget
Summary
Department requests for FY26 include seven new positions (total cost about $870,000) and 29 proposed reclassifications (net county cost roughly $260,000). County staff said no expansion positions have been included yet in the recommended budget model while gap remains.
Roche, the county budget director, told commissioners that departments submitted expansion requests but staff had not included any expansion positions in the continuation budget while the county addresses the FY26 shortfall.
Nut graf: Departments documented operational needs: seven new positions across multiple divisions with total estimated cost (including equipment/vehicles) of about $870,000, plus roughly $268,000 for 29 reclassifications that would net to about $260,000 after related offsets.
On expansion details, Roche summarized three categories of expansion requests: “expansion-other,” new positions, and reclassifications. The seven new positions listed by staff are an events coordinator and manager for the arena and events center, an assistant emergency management coordinator, a deputy fire marshal, a…
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