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Sedgwick County CFO: rising demand, staffing and major capital projects squeezing county budget
Summary
Sedgwick County Chief Financial Officer Lindsey Poe Rizzo said rising service demand, staffing needs and several large capital projects — including a COMCARE crisis facility and a regional forensic science center — will require sustained budget conversations as the county balances services and limited revenues.
Lindsey Poe Rizzo, chief financial officer for Sedgwick County, said Tuesday that “we have enormous demand for service” while the county must also live within available financial resources.
That tension — meeting rising public expectations while constrained by revenue and state limits on county authority — is the principal short- and long-term challenge for county finances, Rizzo told Commissioner Jeff Lubalt in a recorded interview.
Rizzo, who was recognized at the county’s employee ceremony for 15 years of service and said she has been CFO “for almost 9 years,” described a finance office of about 45 staff that supports more than 40 county departments. “Because we are in finance,…
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