Charged 768,562.15 of County payroll to the fund

Through 05/29/2026 the settlement account carried 768,562.15 of County salary and fringe benefits, the printed total of lines 101, 1AD, 1FA and 1FB. That is 44.6 percent of the 1,725,146.62 the account spent through that date. It posts as quarterly journals that name the employees, from 04/11/2023 to 03/30/2026. The FY2024 and FY2025 reports describe the administrative share as a portion of salary and fringe, about 7 percent, for Bart Chou, the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services Director. Budget transfer reference 10714 on 01/26/2024 moved 153,016.55 from the contract services line and 81,430.98 from the program expense line, mostly into the salary and fringe lines. The strategic plan and the reports describe an Office of Recovery that runs outreach stations, screenings and Narcan distribution. No payroll register, time record or salary allocation report has been produced that ties any employee or pay period to that work. No record shows how these positions were paid before the settlement.