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Putnam County OKs county-paid payroll benefits for CHIRP grant positions
Summary
Sheriff Baugh told commissioners the county won the CHIRP grant for 2025; the board unanimously approved covering Social Security and Medicare matching benefits for grant-funded positions.
Sheriff Baugh told the Putnam County Board of Commissioners that the county was awarded the CHIRP grant again for 2025 and requested the county cover matching Social Security and Medicare benefits for positions funded by the grant. Commissioner David Berry moved to approve the request and Commissioner Tom Helmer seconded; the motion passed unanimously.
The minutes do not specify the dollar amount of the county match. The board recorded the vote as unanimous (three commissioners present: Berry, Helmer and Rick Woodall). No further conditions or implementation details were listed in the meeting minutes. The board took the vote during routine business early in the Nov. 4 meeting; the action was recorded as an approval to provide the payroll-side matching benefits for the CHIRP-funded positions.
