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Councilors debate personnel cuts, elected-official raises and health-trust reductions in budget work session
Summary
Council members reviewed candidate cuts across departments, questioned new full-time position requests, discussed denying raises for two elected officials, and proposed a $1 million reduction to the county health-insurance trust balance.
Elkhart County councilors reviewed a long list of potential cuts and personnel changes during their budget work session, including proposed reductions to part-time lines, department equipment and consultant budgets, and measures affecting elected officials' raises and county health insurance.
Councilors and staff reviewed specific items brought forward by department managers. The defender's office had a $95,000 data-processing services item identified for elimination. Commissioners discussed removing two clerk positions (salaries totaling approximately $135,801 and associated benefits) if councilors elected…
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