By: NICOLAS FIERRO
Salina Post
The director for the North Central Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Facility, has requested to keep receiving health insurance after retirement, which would continue to come out of Saline County taxpayer dollars if approved.
During Tuesday's Saline County Commission meeting, Commissioner Annie Grevas discussed that Shawn Brandmahl (Director for the juvenile detention facility in Geary County) proposed he and his wife continue to receive health insurance at the same cost he receives now once he is retired.
"I was shocked to hear that and I never heard anything like this before," Grevas said during the meeting.
Grevas is a board member of the juvenile detention facility and mentioned Brandmahl is slated to retire sometime next summer.
Since there is no juvenile detention facility in Saline County, the Geary County facility is where local juveniles are sent. Plus, Saline County is the largest county in the region surrounding the Geary County facility, which means Saline pays the bigger share of the budget.
Brandmahl currently pays a 25% health insurance premium, as the juvenile detention facility pays the rest of the 75%.
If this were to be approved, Saline County taxpayer dollars would be utilized to pay for Brandmahl and his wife's health insurance once retired.
Each of the Commissioners with Grevas have stated they are against this request.
Brandmahl's request will be further discussed at a board meeting on Wednesday in Junction City.