Council approves health department staffing change and petty-cash increase
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Summary
The council approved converting a grant-funded part-time health position to full time and increased the health department petty-cash fund from $50 to $100 to make change for low-cost document copies.
The Decatur County Council approved two health-department administrative items: converting a grant-funded part-time position to full time and increasing the department’s petty-cash fund.
Sean Bergman (health department) explained the health fund (HFI) budget included coverage to convert a part-time position to full time to cover benefits and pay. He said the position replacement was built into the grant-funded budget and that the change would not affect the county’s regular health-department operating budget. The council moved to approve the full-time hire for the grant-funded position; a motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
The health department also requested an increase in petty cash from $50 to $100 after it reduced the fee for additional copies of birth and death certificates to $1 each. Staff said the lower fee helped citizens but required a larger petty-cash float to make change; the council moved and approved the petty-cash increase by voice vote.
No change to the county health department’s baseline budget was recorded in the discussion; both actions were described as being covered within existing grant or department funding arrangements.
