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Johnson County auditor projects $26,000 revenue drop as ECR fiscal-agent fees end
Summary
A deputy auditor told the Johnson County Board the FY2026 auditor's office budget is down $26,000 from FY2025 after ECR fiscal-agent fees cease; staff flagged cash-flow risks from lagging invoices and the upcoming Workday implementation.
A deputy auditor (name not specified) told the Johnson County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 16 that the department 3 (auditor) revenue budget for fiscal year 2026 is down $26,000 from the prior year because fees previously paid to the county as ECR's fiscal agent will cease.
"The total budget is down 26,000 from the prior fiscal year," the deputy auditor said during the presentation. The presenter said the packet leaves one final quarter of $12,000 to account for an expected last payment from ECR.
Why it matters: board members raised near-term cash-flow concerns because services provided through June often are billed later in the summer. The chair asked staff to estimate how much additional work and expense the county might face during the transition so the county could seek reimbursement or a stipend from the regional board.
The deputy auditor estimated operational impact in concrete terms: roughly 10% of checks cut every other week by the auditor's office are for ECR-related payments, and that the county may need to quantify the additional workload and costs to request reimbursement. "If it's of interest to you all, then I ... we would have no complaint to come up with a number for that period that we're cutting those lagging checks," the presenter said.
On the expense side, the auditor presenter said the department's FY2026 expense budget is about $1,600,000, with personnel accounting for about 98% of the total and covering 14 full-time positions and one part-time position; the remaining ~2% is non-personnel (about $36,000). Staff cautioned that the county's planned Workday implementation, scheduled to go live mid next year, injects uncertainty into future workload and staffing needs, so no decision packages were requested now.
Board direction: the chair asked staff to estimate the costs associated with the ECR transition so the county can evaluate whether to request reimbursement from the regional board or factor the work into future budget amendments. The board did not take a formal vote on any motion during the presentation.
Next step: the county staff will prepare cost estimates and continue budget work in early January as city TIF filings and department-of-management numbers arrive.
