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County committee reviews several small appropriations: coroner vehicle, planning overtime, jail staffing and Medicaid contract changes
Summary
Committee members heard requests including a $46,000 coroner vehicle purchase, a $2,000 overtime appropriation for the area planning commission, an appropriation request from the sheriff to cover an employee buyout, a clerk training appropriation, and a $15,000 contractual request tied to Pre-3 Medicaid billing.
VANDERBURG COUNTY -- At Wednesday's Personnel Finance Committee meeting, county officials brought multiple small appropriation requests and budget questions to the council, including a coroner request for a 2025 vehicle, an overtime ask for the area planning commission, a sheriff's request to fund an employee buyout and related vacancies, a clerk training appropriation, and a health department adjustment tied to Pre-3 Medicaid billing changes.
Brian (last name not specified), the county coroner, told the committee his fleet is aging and that multiple breakdowns have strained operations. "We have a 2002 pickup... we are in dire need," Brian said, asking the council to approve roughly $46,000 to buy a 2025 vehicle and a work shell. He said the shell for the bed would cost a little…
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