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Commission votes to eliminate 14 vacant payroll positions, estimates roughly $571,000 in savings
Summary
The commission approved eliminating 14 budgeted but vacant payroll positions to reallocate funds; staff and commissioners said the move cleans up the budget and would free approximately $571,000 in wages and benefits.
St. Francois County Commissioners voted to eliminate 14 vacant payroll positions that county staff said had not been filled and were budgeted slots the county no longer needed in their current form.
A presenter said the eliminations are intended to "clean up the budget" and allow the county to move money into other priorities. A commissioner cited salary calculations estimating total savings, including wages and benefits, of about $571,000; earlier figures discussed at prior meetings had varied.
Commissioners and staff clarified the action removes budgeted slots rather than permanently forbids future hires. One commissioner said that if a department later needs a position, the county could discuss restoring a slot.
The motion to eliminate the positions was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. The presenter and commissioners said some of the positions had been vacant for an extended period and that the current action reduces the county's payroll obligations on paper.
