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Mendocino supervisors press departments for hiring plans as county faces $16 million shortfall
Summary
Supervisors pressed for detailed, department-level plans showing how requested hires will meet a previously required 6% attrition savings, after county leaders said the year———————————chieved only about half of the targeted reductions.
Mendocino County supervisors on Tuesday directed staff to return with detailed, department-level documentation tying any requests to hire to a required 6% reduction in departments—non-payroll expenditures or demonstrated savings, after the county—executive office reported the county is on track to realize roughly half of a planned $6 million attrition savings for the fiscal year.
The county—chief executive told the board earlier this month that departments were assigned a 6% reduction in their 1000-series budgets as part of the current-year budget plan. "Two months into fiscal year 2025-26, the county is only trending at $3,000,000 in savings," CEO Antle said during the meeting, and she urged the board to maintain the strategic hiring process so those savings can be realized.
The board—debated whether to pause all hiring or to continue the strategic-hiring framework that lets departments seek…
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