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BET creates FY27 watch list as staff reports medical claims easing and supplemental CJA payment covered payroll

BET (county budget oversight panel) · May 8, 2026
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Summary

BET created a FY27 watch list that includes 25 CJA hires (estimated at about $1.4M with fringe), behavioral care center costs (including three months of transportation), and employee benefits (~$1,000,000); staff also reported medical claim trends eased to about 10% and that a recent supplemental payment to the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority was spent on payroll.

At its May 7 meeting the BET approved a FY27 watch list that the board will track through the coming budget cycle. The items the panel agreed to start tracking are 25 hires for the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority (CJA), the behavioral care center's operational and transportation costs, and employee benefits.

Chair (S2) and committee members discussed dollar amounts and phasing: members said the 25 CJA hires were estimated at about $1.4 million including fringe;…

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