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Oakland County approves five fiscal‑service positions to handle grants, billing and reporting
Summary
The Finance Committee approved adding five positions to the county fiscal services division to address a 20% staffing decline in that division since 2001 and rising grant, billing and reporting workloads; staff will return in Q1 with a budget amendment and requested follow‑up data requested by commissioners.
The Oakland County Finance Committee approved a request to add five full‑time positions to the county's Fiscal Services Division to handle growing grant administration, billing and reconciliation and other accounting work.
Deputy CFO Cheryl Johnson told the committee fiscal services has seen about a 20% staffing reduction since 2001 while the county overall has grown. "Fiscal services has experienced a 20% decrease in our staffing since 2001," Johnson said, and she described an expanding workload that now includes new funds and programs—Oakland Transit, a housing trust fund, opioid settlement reporting, parks millage grants and additional water‑resources grants—that require more bookkeeping, grant compliance and billing reconciliation.
Johnson said her staff is "exhausted" and that…
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