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Utah County commissioners approve 2017 budget amendment to fund HRIS, special election and court telecom work
Summary
The Utah County Board approved a resolution increasing the 2017 budget to cover the HRIS/Workday implementation (~$800,000 range including monthly implementation fees), contingency funds for a special U.S. House election (~$500,000–$575,000), and smaller carryovers for fiber, training and a fusion splicer; commissioners authorized transfers and asked staff to follow up on jail medical lines.
The Utah County Board of County Commissioners voted to adopt a resolution amending and increasing the 2017 county budget during its regular meeting. County staff said the primary drivers were a planned transition to a new human-resources information system (HRIS/Workday) with implementation costs and fees this year and an unplanned potential special election after a member of Congress submitted a resignation.
Staff described HRIS-related implementation fees (an ongoing implementation fee of about $95,000 per month reported by staff) and an overall HRIS need in the range of roughly $800,000 for the year; commissioners noted $250,000 had already been budgeted and the amendment would cover additional implementation and initial vendor fees. For the special election, staff said a worst-case analysis estimated an additional $500,000 would be needed if municipal primaries could not be piggybacked; they added a modest contingency ($75,000) to the elections line to cover unforeseen election costs.
Commissioners also approved carry-forward amounts for three previously budgeted items that did not occur in 2016: a Provo City virtual-training payment (~$13,000), a fusion splicer (~$9,000) and fiber-optic work to the new Fourth District Court building (~$20,000). Public works staff reported using county contractors on the court building fiber run could save roughly $60,000 to $80,000 compared with state contractor pricing.
The board discussed jail medical and pharmacy lines, noting short-term transfers will be used to cover current billings and further adjustments may be needed later in the year. After discussion, Commissioner motioned and the commission approved the resolution amending the 2017 budget (recorded vote: "That passes 3 0").
Commissioners instructed staff to prepare any follow-up detail on transfers and to monitor the jail medical accounts; no further action was taken at the meeting beyond adopting the resolution.
