At a May 20 meeting of the Lane County Budget Committee, commissioners approved the largest reduction in full-time-equivalent positions in over a decade. The Fiscal Year 25-26 General Fund budget consisted of a $178,781,923 or 8.8% decrease from the FY 24-25 budget.
Full-time-equivalent positions represent the total number of hours worked by employees, when those hours are converted to hours expected from a full time position.
However, the committee did not advance a motion by Commissioner Laurie Trieger to reduce their individual $15,000 discretionary funds…