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Court administrator asks council to shift $10,500 as supplemental pay fund dwindles
Summary
Court Administrator Vera Malusnik told the council a fund fed by divorce parenting‑class fees can no longer cover supplemental pay for three positions and asked to move $10,500 to the general fund while cutting some part‑time spending; the council asked questions but did not vote.
Court Administrator Vera Malusnik told the Lake County Council that supplemental pay for three court‑related positions has been paid from a fund supported by payments tied to divorce‑mandated parenting classes since 2017, but the fund can no longer sustain those payments.
She asked the council to move $10,500 from that grant fund into the general fund so staff salaries would be preserved without requesting additional appropriations. “Right now, the fund is supplementing three salaries in their office,” Malusnik said, and the transfer would leave the general‑fund appropriations unchanged while reducing part‑time expenditures in her office.
Council members sought clarity on the nature of the positions covered, and Malusnik identified them as the court administrator (her role), a domestic relations counseling director and another position listed on the agenda. She said competition from outside providers for parenting classes has reduced revenue to the fund, and that the grant funds were deposited late, requiring a belated budget action.
No formal vote was recorded during the discussion; staff indicated they would bring the necessary line‑item and ordinance language back to the council if a formal transfer is needed.
