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Douglas County adopts March budget supplement and salary transfers totaling about $3.2 million
Summary
Following a public hearing, the Board approved a budget supplement that moves salary adjustment reserves into departmental budgets and covers selected unfunded items; the total supplement was $3,214,740 with roughly $1.85 million drawn from reserves.
At a public hearing March 31, Laurie Persch (S15), Douglas County chief finance officer, presented a budget supplement and salary transfers totaling $3,214,740. Persch said $1,365,009 of those increases are funded and $1,849,731 will be taken from reserves.
Key elements: • Salary adjustments: Transfers from the salary adjustment reserve ($3,318,003) to multiple funds to cover pay increases already authorized and contractual obligations. Persch said the transfers do not increase the overall budget because the dollars were reserved previously. • Unfunded requests: Increased demand for direct client aid in Community Services (county to add $358,000 from reserves after an internal reallocation), and higher than expected employee medical insurance claims ($1,440,000 added to the medical insurance fund). • Funded increases: The county will use a mix of revenue offsets and grant funds to cover some items, including a large change in hospital funding mechanics (state directed payments) that produces a net revenue increase to offset community mental health funding needs.
After questions from commissioners and a brief public hearing, the board approved the supplement 7–0. Persch described the supplement as a modest increase relative to the county’s $636.6 million budget and said departments had generally stayed within their budgets.
What happens next: The transfers will be processed through county accounting; unfunded requests will be covered from reserves this fiscal year and will be reconciled in future budget work.
