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Commissioners press finance to show if county's $40,500 minimum is already in the mayor's FY2026 book
Summary
Item 3 asks the commission to increase all SCSO positions below $40,500 to the county minimum (about $1.42M). The deputy CFO said the mayor's proposed budget already incorporates the change in account 5102; CAO Lindsey contested that some positions and step-1 alignments are still missing and asked finance to produce position reports for verification.
Item 3, which would raise SCSO positions below $40,500 to meet the county-established minimum threshold, was estimated by the sheriff's office at $1,423,792.25. CAO Alicia Lindsey told the commission the figure represents what the SCSO would need if the county adopted those position-level increases within the sheriff's submitted budget.
Deputy CFO Michael Thompson told commissioners the mayor's proposed budget already included the $40,500 adjustments in account 5102 and called several items "moot" for that reason; Lindsey said she still sees position lines and vacant-position step-1 amounts that are not reflected in her office's view of the budget system and asked finance to publish position-level exhibits so commissioners can compare. Commissioners agreed to seek the detailed pages (account 5102, page 61 referenced in session) and to reconcile differences before the final vote.
