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Davis County treasurer proposes lean operating budget, cites staffing stability and end of outside deposit contract
Summary
The Davis County Treasurer's Office presented a mostly flat operating budget that trims office‑supply and equipment requests, reports 6.92 FTEs (3 part‑time, 5 full‑time), and eliminated an outside deposit contract to reduce expenses; no formal vote occurred.
Davis County Treasurer's Office staff presented their annual operating budget to county commissioners on Oct. 4, saying the request is largely unchanged but pared down to remove nonessential line items and outside contract costs.
Matt Brady, of the treasurer's office, said the office reports 6.92 full‑time equivalent employees and explained that part‑time hours are converted to FTEs (two half‑time workers equal one FTE). "We tried to make this a bare bones budget," Brady said, describing efforts to trim office‑supply and equipment spending.
Brady pointed to specific reductions: the office supply line was reduced from past levels—historically about $6,200—to roughly $4,300 in the proposed budget. He also said computer equipment purchases that previously appeared in the treasurer's request were shifted into the county Information Systems budget; the treasurer's office removed what the presenter described in the meeting as "almost $90" remaining in that line last year.
The office also described an operational change that eliminated an outside deposit processing contract. "We did away with that contract," Brady said, describing that deputies now handle deposits in‑house rather than routing them through a vendor that sent deposits to a Salt Lake cash vault for Wells Fargo. He said that change "eliminated that expense."
Staffing changes over the previous two years were discussed: the treasurer's office added an accountant position in fiscal 2022 to help with reconciliations and added a staff member (named in presentation as Megan Cross) in 2023 when the office took over collection of personal property taxes from the assessor. Brady said the office currently lists three part‑time positions and five full‑time positions, with one part‑time opening unfilled.
Commissioners asked follow‑up questions about head count and conversions from part‑time to full‑time roles. Brady said one earlier part‑time position had been converted to full time when an accountant moved to chief deputy and that incoming treasurer staffing decisions will continue during the transition.
No motions or formal votes were recorded on the budget during the session; the presentation closed after commissioners' questions and the treasurer's office said it will continue the staffing and transition work with the incoming treasurer.
