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Comptroller flags excess DROP payouts; board keeps policy while ordering further review
Summary
Escambia County's comptroller reported excess DROP payouts dating to 2014; commissioners approved staff-recommended items to preserve the immediate status quo while directing further analysis, bargaining considerations, and committee review during budget season.
Escambia County's comptroller told the board Tuesday that a payroll review found excess DROP (Deferred Retirement Option Program) payouts and recommended the county not adopt the proposed amendment as written. The report traced the practice of double payouts to internal administrative changes beginning in 2014 and stressed that prior interpretations created conflicting payroll treatment.
"We did discover that excess payouts have occurred," the comptroller said, summarizing a review of payroll records and a survey of 30 peer counties. County staff and the comptroller said the county's…
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