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Task force review finds modest net drop in county budgeted full-time staff since 2019
Summary
A Yankton County task force received a multi-decade FTE comparison showing 99 budgeted full-time positions at the start of COVID, 97 at the start of this year and 95 currently, with most growth concentrated in EMS and some positions shifted to state-funded roles.
Brian, the task force presenter, told members he expanded an FTE review to cover a 70-year comparison and focused on changes from 2019 to the present. "Total, at start of COVID, we had 99 full time staff. 1st of this year, we had 97, and right now, we have 95," he said, explaining that the inventory counts only budgeted, benefit-eligible full-time positions and excludes some part-time and stipend-funded roles.
Brian walked members through department-level shifts: highway staffing is down by two budgeted positions because an assistant superintendent position was not refilled; the sheriff’s office remained at 14 budgeted full-timers; and EMS rose from eight full-time staff in 2019 to 13 at the start of the year and is currently at 12 after a retirement. He also said several public-facing services — including the nurses' office and extension — shifted costs to the state, reducing local FTE counts because the state now pays some positions previously shared with the county.
The task force asked for follow-up analysis to convert payroll totals into a holistic hours-based FTE metric so commissioners can weigh service levels against budget decisions. Brian agreed to continue refining the dataset and to obtain current department-head estimates where available. The task force scheduled further work and set a future meeting date to review the refined numbers.
