Politics & Government
Budget Error Misses $5 Million in Staff Pay at Prince William County
It's back to crunching numbers for county to account for payroll bill.
A budget typo has Prince William County officials weighing options to find an unaccounted for $5 million in staff pay.
"When preparing for the FY2014 budget, a data entry error caused the incorrect payroll data to be extracted," according to a county release. "As a result, the Payroll Budget is understated by $5 million for FY2014."
The Board of County Supervisors will hear a report on the issue at the July 16 meeting.
Board Chairman Corey Stewart (R-At Large) told the Washington Post that Prince William County has a several options beyond cutting $5 million out of the $966.5 million budget.
“We need to make sure we fix the problem instead of affixing blame,” Stewart told the Post.
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