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Story County supervisors review Planning & Development budget; staff flag intern, licensing and membership costs
Summary
At a Feb. 4 Planning & Development budget work session, Story County staff flagged a placeholder 5% salary increase, proposed reestablishing ordinance fine revenue, recommended splitting a consultant project cost across two fiscal years, and requested a short-term extension for CitizenServe licenses while migration continues.
STORY COUNTY, Iowa — Story County supervisors and staff reviewed Planning & Development’s draft budget at a Feb. 4 work session, with staff underscoring several provisional numbers and requests that could affect permit processing and departmental capacity.
Assistant Auditor Lisa Markley opened the substantive review by noting a placeholder increase in salaries: “There is a 5% increase in there. That's just a placeholder right now,” she said, adding that actual salary adjustments have not been decided.
Planning & Development director Leanne Harder walked the board through revenue and expense lines. Harder recommended reestablishing revenue from county-ordinance violations for the current fiscal year “up to $3,000,” and said the department recently received a $500 fine. She described permit volumes as the primary driver of revenue and said floodplain and zoning-permit income is expected to remain roughly consistent.
On personnel and operating costs,…
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