Council flags $380,000 CuneBridge levy shift and proposes claims-deductible line

During budget discussions the council reviewed the county's claim/deductible fund and a projected levy-impact tied to the CuneBridge estimate. Council members said $300,000 of the deductible funds would be committed, $100,000 would cover normal annual expenditures, and that an estimated $380,000 would be required for the CuneBridge levy shift.

"We're gonna have to reduce it by 380,000 for Cunebridge," said the council member leading the funding recap (speaker 2), describing how the committed deductible pool and planned transfers would interact with expected expenditures. Members discussed creating an explicit 'claims deductibles' line in the budget and moving funds in January by ordinance so the accounting is transparent and auditable.

Council asked staff to track the committed and uncommitted balances and to present ordinance language to move the committed $300,000 to claims deductibles if the council wants a one-time, budget-neutral adjustment.