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Budget committee clarifies Deeds overtime request, keeps 2.5 extra hours in proposed budget
Summary
A department manager told the committee that a previously discussed request for five additional hours in the Deeds office was not reflected in the written budget; the committee voted to keep the administrative-team revision (2.5 additional hours) and asked staff to present updated numbers next week.
A department manager said a prior meeting discussion about adding five hours to a Deeds office position was not captured in the written budget and would add wages "about $2,960," prompting the committee to revisit the line.
County staff said the budget as presented reflects 2.5 additional hours rather than five and that changing the written revised budget would require a formal vote. "We collectively agreed to put in 2.5 hours of overtime available for that position, but not bring it up to 5 hours," a staff member explained.
Committee members debated whether to reopen the line. Supporters of increasing hours said the higher schedule was needed to recruit and meet workloads; opponents said the committee should be prudent given broader tax concerns. One commissioner urged caution and recommended seeing how the year goes with 2.5 hours before adding more.
A motion to leave the revised proposal "as presented" (keeping the 2.5 additional hours) was made, seconded and approved by the committee. Members directed staff to present an updated budget next week that would formally reflect any change if the commission subsequently agrees to increase the hours.
The record contained multiple numeric references to the net cost of the change: the department manager cited roughly $2,960 in wages, staff later cited a net impact of about $2,775 if the position were increased to five hours, and another figure of roughly $2,007.75 was also referenced during discussion. Committee members asked staff to provide a single reconciled figure in the next-week budget update.
The committee treated the decision as a procedural budget reconciliation: the vote kept the administrative-team revised numbers on the table while leaving room for a formal change after staff presents updated line-item numbers.
