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Clay County staff propose $6.2M in next-year reductions, but reserves, courts and fire needs leave a multi-million shortfall
Summary
Budget staff presented proposed project and current-year reductions and a list of options including eliminating 15 vacant positions; commissioners and department heads debated the operational impacts, particularly for public works and stormwater.
At the July 8 workshop the county's budget team and department heads presented a package of proposed reductions to balance next year's budget and to meet a 16.7 percent general-fund reserve target. Troy Nagle told the board staff identified roughly $6.2 million in next-year project reductions and about $2.4 million in reductions from the current adopted budget that could be deferred or removed.
Despite those cuts, staff said the board remained about $3.9 million short of the reserve target after the reductions. Unanticipated additions (court magistrate, second judge staffing, clerk support) increased the total additional need to about $4.7 million, Nagle said.
Staff proposed additional options to reach balance: eliminate 15 positions (vacancies created during a prior reorganization), postpone…
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