County budget panel agrees to combine prosecutor lab and deposition lines into single $3,500 item

Scott County budget reviewers agreed to combine two prosecutor office expense lines — lab services and depositions — into a single line totaling $3,500 as part of a cleanup of "other services and charges." The change was described as an administrative consolidation to give the prosecutor more flexibility to transfer funds between related costs while keeping overall spending levelled.

"Under other services and charges, we're gonna combine lab services and deposition," said the meeting's lead speaker (S1). The participants clarified that lab services were currently on line 30101 and the deposition budget was listed under 26100; merging them would create one $3,500 line rather than separate smaller allocations. Participants repeatedly emphasized that salary decisions would be left to a later HR review, with approvals for non-salary lines proceeding in the meantime.