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Shawnee County Health Department seeks modest increase while awaiting state grant decisions
Summary
Health Department Director Teresa Fisher presented a 2026 request with a 3.4% net increase but warned that award notices for several state 'aid to local' grants were still pending and could require contingency use or program cuts.
Teresa Fisher, director of the Shawnee County Health Department, presented a proposed 2026 budget showing a 3.4% overall increase driven by personnel and benefits, and said the department is monitoring late state grant awards that could materially change the county’s financial exposure.
Fisher said the department’s proposed increase “is crafted in part largely by some of the division managers” and that the budget request “allows the clerk's office the ability to remain fiscally responsible while modernizing staff.” (Presenter used similar wording to describe departmental staffing and modernization goals.)
The department requested just under $111,000 more in total, with salaries and benefits up about 6% but…
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