Constitutional officers budgets
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All right, so we um we had workshop with the constitutional officers budgets last month, but we also wanted to come back and just show the board the change in the request from the 26 adopted. So there's a few moving pieces um that we should talk about. So The clerk's budget, what was requested, included a five percent wage increase. You'll see the note at the bottom. We reached out to the clerk's office and we calculated what their overall budget request would be if that wage per
uh wage increase was three percent, not a five percent. And so that is a reduction of a hundred and thirty-eight thousand forty-one dollars from what was submitted. Now the sheriff's budget is what was submitted Plus an additional point five percent of wage increases to bring them up to a three percent. And then uh both the supervisor of elections and the property appraiser represents a three percent wage increase.
If I could chime in on the sheriff's budget. I have had conversations with with the sheriff, because as you know, the taxable assessed value came in higher than than what was originally anticipated and budgeted and um you know based on based on previous convention That would lead to a higher budget on the sheriff's side. I've spoken with the sheriff regarding those additional revenues and and he is open to holding his budget where where it is, provided, of
course, that you know we're we're maintaining equity in how we do raises, uh, both you know within within our corrections, our fire department, our first responder community. Um, but he did he did uh in Indicate that he did have some concerns over the cost of living adjustments that is being made to the special risk class and the retirement, which we can we can attest to has reflected in higher insurance costs. So he's still checking on some of his numbers. Obviously, he would love to have the additional additional documents. for to support his operations. He
does say that he needs it, but he is he is willing to to kind of hold hold the line here on this if this is kind of the direction the overall board wants to go. We're still waiting on some final numbers, but I just wanted to uh let the board know we've had those conversations with the sheriff, been incredibly productive and and certainly is is aligned in saving taxpayer money uh as well as you know being cognizant of of Fiscal matters.
Mr. Wayne. Thank you. Um Yeah, uh we we I didn't like it last year when we had uh I think raises need to be uniform across every uh in county and across the constitutionals. I did not like How there was uh
A difference last year. Mm-hmm. Um I think that creates anamox and un an unnecessary animosity amongst branches. So it needs to be uniform. So I would support three percent across the board support raises, but they everybody needs to be be aligned on that matter. I I greatly appreciate folks asking. advocating for their people, uh but one budget, one team here, uh reminding everybody. So um and also as my standard question every year as we're going
through this process it's worth a direct to ask to each leader of every organization is there something that you can live without? And sometimes we get good answers and sometimes it's no, but it's it's always worth an ask, a direct ask to say, hey, what can you do to help help us out here? And so I'd like that question to be asked or I can do it myself. Yeah. Absolutely. Thank you, Chairman
Thank you. Um and I and I think As the clerk mentioned to defend. Um she didn't get the same increase everybody else did. So this just kinda trues them up and bounce them up from what happened last year. So I'll be referring to that specifically. But I know years past you do studies, et cetera. And Because she didn't get the adjustment last year as well used for the number. I think it's reasonable to keep it and balance everybody up but from here through. I think you're right. We should be looking to keep everything the same 'cause everybody should have done their own
wage
adjustments across the board too. Yeah last year property appraiser was at five percent and it kind of won't eat everything up. It just Um I think we need to have uniformity across unless there's some extraordinary reason why uh that particular department should need an increase. I mean it's Del Pasco County government work with a different title, so I don't I'd need some real justification as to why
one group would need five percent and the other would need three. Um Everybody's working for Pasco County and All jobs are friendly unique. Under the same umbrella, so I I would need justification for some level of extraordinary Adjustment for
Anything else out of three percent. I'd be willing to sit down with the constitutionals. Uh you know, we we regularly do pay and classification studies where we mark to market and and look at that and so there's perhaps we can all get on the same cycle and and make sure that we're aligned and how we're looking at the various job classifications and and market pressures that are on sometimes there are hot areas where where things are are very, very specific, right? Uh and then there's other areas where we're not so much so. But we all generally
employ folks, we all generally have um standardized pay bans and so um I I think that's a great idea. And I think if we're if we're aligned on those studies as well, that would keep us from having you know, a disjointed approach, um, especially walking in that it's the same budget, same pot of money actually every fiscal year. So to your point. I'd be careful with those
studies. I think those studies had to inflationary increases in in pay. Based upon Eudism. So I'm a bit skeptical of those studies. uh and and the price points that they come out with. I think they they compound each other strategically. Um But it's what you have to go off of, but Fairly critical look. The pay studies that government used.
Well actually we we've performed them in-house uh through through surveys, so we don't use consultants to to do that, to to drive that. And we uh again we can we can sit down and go through what the methodology is that that we use, but I'm I'm pretty sure that ours are are pretty much in line. But I understand your your concerns and and where you're coming from on that.
One thing driving in here I'll just say 'cause you say you want to look at different things what you can say about it. I'd like you to work with the Sheriff's Office too to look at the vehicles that he's got. I mean Last year we're looking at here there's a lot of vehicles out in the back. They're waiting for parts to come in, etc. I still see a similar number out there, so I wanna make sure that we're help if they need help, maybe we can help 'em as far as getting some ones on the street and ones that aren't being used off the street. I'm done with him. Cars depreciate every month. Every day, so If we're gonna turn them, let's
turn them.
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