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Finance director search, COLA recommendation and budget timeline discussed
Summary
Administrative Coordinator Cassandra Hanan said she is working with a recruitment firm to hire a finance director, is meeting with department heads and the county’s CPA to compile the budget, and reported a recommended 1% COLA plus 0.5% for off‑step employees; preliminary new construction rose 1.4%, limiting tax-levy increases except for new construction and debt.
Vernon County’s Finance Committee heard Aug. 12 that staff are recruiting a finance director and preparing next year’s budget, including a recommended cost-of-living adjustment for county employees.
Administrative Coordinator Cassandra Hanan told the committee she is working with Public Administration Associates, LLC on the finance director recruitment and is holding meetings with department heads as part of the budgeting process. She said she will meet with the county’s CPA at month-end to compile the budget before returning it to each department’s home committee and then to the Finance Committee. "The preliminary new construction increased to 1.4 percent; therefore, [the county] cannot increase the tax levy, but for new construction and debt," Hanan said, noting constraints on levy increases under current figures.
Hanan reported the General Government Committee recommended a 1% cost-of-living adjustment for all employees and an additional 0.5% for employees who are off their step ranges. She also reported that all quarterly filings were submitted on time. Committee members discussed the need for longer-term capital-planning and 5–10-year building maintenance forecasts as part of priority-based budgeting efforts; staff said capital planning is a goal for next year, particularly if a finance director is hired.
