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Staff proposes $96K bonus option and cites nearly $496K in vacancy savings
Summary
Presenter offered three bonus/distribution options and reported an estimated countywide bonus total of roughly $96,121 including FICA; staff also estimated about $496,000 available from vacancy savings as part of FY26 balancing.
At the workshop, Esther presented three alternatives for a one-time employee bonus (including FICA) and gave the board a single aggregate figure for a countywide bonus plan.
"I came up with 96,000," Esther said while walking through the options. She also described a vacancy-savings calculation that yielded about $496,000 in potential savings by accounting for lapses and hiring delays across departments. Board members discussed methodology, with one member noting that vacancy savings can overstate realized savings if temporary staffing and permanent pay overlap; staff said they used a discount approach to avoid double-counting.
The board did not approve a final bonus plan at this meeting; members asked staff to include the bonus options and vacancy-savings assumptions in the rerun of totals to be shown in the updated advertisement.
