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County manager outlines budget fixes and flags a 59% health‑insurance cost proposal
Summary
County Manager Thomas Weaver told commissioners an initial budget gap of about $370,000 was reduced through salary and line‑item adjustments, capital moves to SPLOST, and other changes. Staff said a broker reported a 59% proposed increase in health insurance premiums for the coming year.
At a May budget work session County Manager Thomas Weaver said the county faced an initial budget shortfall of roughly $370,000 but has reduced that gap by adjusting line items and shifting capital purchases into SPLOST. Specific edits included lowering Superior Court salary allocations by approximately $14,000 and reducing the sheriff's requested personnel allocation by roughly $40,000, while increasing the sheriff’s phone services budget by about $3,500 to cover Southern Link radios.
Weaver also told the board that broker MSI Benefits proposed a steep health‑insurance increase for the county, describing "a proposal of essentially a 59% increase over the last year," and cautioned that contingency lines remain to absorb remaining risk. He said the county moved recurring Axon body‑camera service (~$20,000/year) from SPLOST into the sheriff's general fund budget because SPLOST funding had been exhausted for that line. The board approved a $15,000 part‑time hire for the Superior Court clerk position from contingency.
