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County finances to absorb shared services for consolidated fire district, officials cite $67,000 annual workers’ comp savings

Johnson County Board of County Commissioners Committee of the Whole · December 5, 2025
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Summary

Johnson County finance staff presented a new shared-services agreement for consolidated Fire District 1 that would move payroll/benefits under county administration, save an estimated $67,000 annually on workers’ comp premiums and include a $175,000 shared-services fee for 2026.

Brent Christianson, Financial Management Administration, briefed the commission on a business operations (shared-services) agreement that merges prior agreements for Fire Districts 1 and 2 into a single county-supported set of services.

Christianson said the county would provide financial and record-keeping functions — accounting, procurement, payables, payroll processing and…

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