Auditor suggests major cuts in Scioto County spending
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Scioto County has been directed to cut $1.4 million in spending, in a recommendation by the Ohio State Auditor's Office.
Auditor Mary Taylor's office suggested the spending decreases May 13 to the Scioto County Board of Commissioners. Scioto County is the only Ohio county placed in a fiscal emergency by the state.
Scioto County is facing a $3.5 million deficit.
The Columbus Dispatch reported "The audit recommends eliminating nearly a dozen jobs in the courts and the offices of the treasurer, recorder and veterans service commission to save $570,000 a year. The offices are over-staffed compared with similar-size counties, the audit found. It also suggested eliminating $310,000 in non-required annual spending on the Ohio State University agricultural extension office and the county airport."
The auditor's report also criticized Scioto County officials for increasing expenses in 2009. These increases included bonuses for employees and pay raises for many employees, while the "deficit swelled amid declining tax collections and interest earnings."
Commissioner Thomas Reiser told the Dispatch, "Many of the recommendations, we already were working in that direction."
Scioto County has been directed to cut $1.4 million in spending, in a recommendation by the Ohio State Auditor's Office.
Auditor Mary Taylor's office suggested the spending decreases May 13 to the Scioto County Board of Commissioners. Scioto County is the only Ohio county placed in a fiscal emergency by the state.
Scioto County is facing a $3.5 million deficit.
The Columbus Dispatch reported "The audit recommends eliminating nearly a dozen jobs in the courts and the offices of the treasurer, recorder and veterans service commission to save $570,000 a year. The offices are over-staffed compared with similar-size counties, the audit found. It also suggested eliminating $310,000 in non-required annual spending on the Ohio State University agricultural extension office and the county airport."
The auditor's report also criticized Scioto County officials for increasing expenses in 2009. These increases included bonuses for employees and pay raises for many employees, while the "deficit swelled amid declining tax collections and interest earnings."
Commissioner Thomas Reiser told the Dispatch, "Many of the recommendations, we already were working in that direction."
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