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Peoria County approves FY26 authorized staffing count after debate over transfers and labor distribution
Summary
Peoria County's Operations Committee on Oct. 28 approved the FY26 authorized staffing count for departments that report to county administration, recording a net increase of 1.8 FTE and a $178,614 budget impact.
The Peoria County Operations Committee on Oct. 28 approved the FY26 authorized staffing count for administrative departments with a net increase of 1.8 full-time equivalents and a net budget impact of $178,614.
CFO McCord presented the staffing resolution as an annual housekeeping and budget alignment action. She said the net change reflects a mix of newly approved positions and reallocations: a previously approved assistant county administrator (1.0 FTE) and a director of strategic projects and capital planning (1.0 FTE) were added in FY25 but were not fully reflected; reallocations produced decreases of 0.45 FTE in PCAPS, 0.4 FTE in Employee Health, and 0.8 FTE in County Highway, and increases of 1.825 FTE in County Administration and 0.835 FTE in Facilities and Grounds. The supervisor of assessments requested 0.79 FTE (0.5 for a Limestone Township part-time assessor and 0.29 to convert a temporary to permanent part-time role). McCord said the net budget impact, including salary and health insurance, is $178,614.
Members questioned transfers and the reallocation of previously unfilled positions. Member Elsasser asked why County Highway showed a decrease; staff explained the change reflected moving a long-vacant senior engineering FTE to County Administration to staff the newly approved director position. Member Allison and others discussed whether transferring unfilled positions between departments without separate board action is typical; staff said such transfers are not typical but the administrator used existing vacant positions to fund the midyear hire for FY25 and that labor-distribution changes are reviewed annually.
The committee approved the staffing-count resolution with 10 votes in favor and one no (Member Elsasser). The vote moves the recommended staffing counts forward for adoption as part of the FY26 budget process.
Votes at a glance: motion to place the FY26 authorized staffing count on the floor was moved by Member Allison and seconded by Member Phelan; the committee approved the resolution 10-1 (Member Elsasser opposed).
