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Vote on a request to approve the FY 2023 - 2024 Budget Ordinance
Abstract
Introduction & Background: At the June 5, 2023, Board of Commissioners meeting, the Board of Commissioners stated their intent to approve the FY 2023 - 2024 Recommended Budget with a few adjustments. Staff was instructed to make the changes in advance of the Board of Commissioners voting to approve the ordinance at the regularly scheduled June 20th meeting.
Discussion & Analysis: At the May 23, 2023, budget work session, the Board of Commissioners instructed staff to make some changes to the Manager's Recommended Budget and bring an overview of the revised budget to the June 5th, 2023, meeting for Board review. The changes that the Board instructed staff to make at the May 23, 2023, work session are listed below:
-Implement a salary increase for all full-time employees of $4,400 (amount pro-rated for part-time employees). The Board instructed staff to not include the Board of Commissioners, County Manager, Register of Deeds, or Sheriff in this increase.
-Add the 1.0 FTE Elections Systems Technician to the Elections departmental budget (including salary, benefits, and necessary operating).
-Increase the property tax rate by 2 cents per $100 of valuation (from 66.5 cents/$100 to 68.5 cents/$100) and adjust other revenues where needed to balance. The Board also instructed staff to adjust revenues to balance the enterprise funds as required by state statute.
During the June 5, 2023 Board of Commissioners meeting, the revised budget was presented to the Board and they stated their intent to approve the FY 2023 - 2024 Revised Budget with an additional adjustment. The additional adjustment is listed below:
-Include the previously omitted employees (Board of Commissioners, County Manager, Register of Deeds, and Sheriff) in the $4,400 salary increase for all employees and adjust revenues as necessary to balance the budget as required by state statute.
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