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Pratt County auditors, commissioners flag payroll‑budget mismatches as draft 2024 levy and raises are debated
Summary
County staff presented a draft 2024 budget that showed gaps between payroll ‘actuals’ and budget columns, prompting commissioners to direct staff to recalculate using full staffing plus a 3% cost‑of‑living adjustment and to firm up levy/hearing dates for July; the neighborhood revitalization levy (1.54 mills) and sheriff salary figures drew particular scrutiny.
Pratt County commissioners spent the bulk of their meeting reviewing a draft 2024 budget that staff said contains inconsistencies between what departments are currently paying employees and the amounts shown in the budget column.
Scott, who presented the worksheet, told the board he had produced a comparison between the county’s payroll sheet and the 2024 budget and found notable differences in several departments. "If you give them a budget of 2.5 or 2.1, it doesn't really matter how the line items spend out," Scott said, describing how elected officials may reallocate line items internally once…
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