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Prosecutor tells commissioners rising caseloads, cyber needs and benefits are driving budget pressures
Summary
At the Nov. 24 work session the county prosecutor described reorganizations, benefit-cost increases and one-time cybersecurity upgrades (about $209,009.34) and said some staffing costs can be shifted to special revenue but that those sources are limited long term.
The commissioners asked the county prosecutor's office to explain increases in personnel and special-revenue use. At the session's start the chair signaled the agenda would move to the prosecutor's budget; in response Speaker 9 summarized several drivers of rising costs and the office's efforts to manage them.
On contracted program positions, Speaker 9 described "4D" (child support) and "4E" (children's services) contract positions that are mostly funded by state and levy dollars. The prosecutor said a predecessor had used about $134,000 of general-fund money to supplement those contracts and that the current office is removing that supplement and seeking reimbursement through the appropriate 4D/4E…
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