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Benton County discusses MHDD budget amendments and whether to keep community "hub" as regional funding sunsets
Summary
County supervisors reviewed a proposed budget reestimate and spending authority to cover staff retention pay and final expenses as the regional MHDD funding sunsets June 30; they debated whether to budget for a county-run "hub" position if the new ASO does not continue support.
Benton County supervisors on an agenda item at a recent meeting reviewed a reestimate and budget amendment request to provide spending authority through line item 2526 so the county can pay staff retention, final operating bills and other close-out costs when the regional mental health and developmental disabilities (MHDD) entity sunsets June 30.
County staff said the amendment would cover monthly retention pay for regional employees who remain until the regional dissolution date and that the reestimate includes indirect costs from the 2023 cost report, out‑of‑state training reimbursement requests, and authority to pay final invoices after June 30. "As of June 30, we no longer have jobs," Hailey, county staff member, said when explaining how retention pay would be paid out month by month through the end of June.
The nut of the discussion was an unresolved question about a locally run "hub" — a…
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