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Health department reports postage, rabies bills and jail mental-health costs among budget pressures
Summary
Health department fiscal staff told Ways and Means that clinic billing lags, a large April rabies bill and county-paid jail mental-health services are notable budget items; early intervention preschools and transportation are the department’s highest uncontrollable costs.
Roselyn Fagan, the health department’s fiscal manager, told the Ways and Means Committee on April 9 that the county health department’s general public-health programs are tracking near expectations through March but that a few lines warrant attention.
Fagan and department accountant Carol identified postage and rabies-related expenses as lines likely to exceed budget this year. The department said it had to add roughly $3,000 to postage at the end of March and expected a nearly $15,000 rabies-related invoice in April that was not yet reflected in the first-quarter report.
On clinic operations and mental-health services, department staff said salary lines were lower than year-to-date budget because of vacancies. The…
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