FC employee wages frozen at 2020 levels; but cash reserves still needed to balance General Fund for 2021

By John Estridge For many years, Franklin County Council robbed Peter to pay Paul. Peter is the Insurance Fund, and Paul is the General Fund. That all changed this year as the county council economic advisor Gabe Gerth, of Reedy Financial Group, said the Insurance Fund needs extra cash, $689,000 more than was budgeted for …