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Executive & Finance committee forwards job changes, budget clarifications and fee corrections to full county board
Summary
The committee approved forwarding multiple personnel job-description changes, an amendment to the deputy sheriff collective bargaining agreement, a clarification budget amendment transferring small amounts between funds to balance ambulance and parks accounts, and removal of noncompliant open-records fees from the sheriff's fee schedule; auditors will present the 2024 audit at the full board later in November.
The Richland County Executive & Finance Committee approved several administrative items and forwarded them to the full county board.
Personnel and job descriptions: The administrator reviewed a set of job-description changes tied to the recently adopted budget, including converting the emergency management director from a contracted position to a county position (ambulance duties removed), making an ambulance administrative secretary a county position, adding an HR director and removing an HR generalist, creating a radio tower technician position to maintain the county's radio investment, and reorganizing child and youth services staffing. The committee voted to forward those job descriptions to the full county board.
Collective bargaining and fees: Committee members approved an amendment to the deputy sheriff's collective bargaining agreement to add two holidays for 2026 and to clarify sick-leave accrual language. The committee also approved removing sheriff-department open-records fees from the county fee schedule to comply with open-records law and forwarded that change to the full county board.
Budget amendment: Staff presented a budget amendment to document transfers and appropriation-line changes already approved in the budget process: reducing the municipality payments line in the ambulance fund by $15,468 and moving $5,006.25 from parks to miscellaneous/ambulance lines, along with a $5,000 fund-balance transfer from the parks fund (Fund 65) to the ambulance fund (Fund 510). The committee approved the clarification amendment so accounting entries match the committee's prior direction.
Auditors and schedule: The 2024 audit was included in the meeting packet; auditors from Johnson Block will make a formal presentation at the full county board later in November.
Closed session and adjournment: The committee entered a closed session under Wisconsin Statute section 19.851(c) to conduct the six-month performance review of the county administrator and adjourned after returning to open session.
