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Sheriff’s office budget focus: insurance calculation difference, reserve level and risk of cuts to positions
Summary
County and sheriff’s staff disagreed over how to budget health‑insurance costs for vacancies; reconciling that difference could reduce the county’s projected shortfall by roughly $1.5–$3 million, but a proposed $5 million cut would force position eliminations, the sheriff’s office said.
County budget staff and the Clay County Sheriff’s Office spent a large portion of the June 17 budget workshop discussing a technical but budget‑sensitive question: how to budget employer health‑insurance costs for vacant positions.
Vicki Adams, chief financial officer for the sheriff’s office, told commissioners the sheriff’s office uses an average‑plan approach when projecting benefit costs for vacancies, reflecting the mix of plans employees select. “We believe it’s more appropriate to do the average,” Adams said. She told the board that adopting the sheriff’s methodology would substantially…
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