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Franklin County finance staff warns requests could push preliminary deficit toward $3.9 million as sales tax falls
Summary
At a Oct. 13 budget workshop, county finance staff reported a small initial deficit but said several large requests and falling sales tax could widen the gap; staff and commissioners discussed reserve funding, public-safety contracts and department requests.
At a budget workshop on Oct. 13, Tim Anderson, a county staff member presenting preliminary numbers for Franklin County, told the Board of Commissioners that the county began the budget process with a small initial shortfall but could face a much larger gap once department requests are added.
"We do have an initial deficit of $48,002.00," Anderson said. He later listed several large requests that would widen the gap, including a $1.3 million request to the emergency communications fund "for user radio and microwave upgrade fees," a $1.4 million request intended to begin funding the county's reserve fund policy, and tens or hundreds of thousands for superior court contracts and corrections medical services.
Those requests, Anderson said, would lift the shortfall toward $3.9 million if approved. "So if you added in those 4 requests right…
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