Commissioners review dormant sheriff's cash-bond account with $3,933 balance

Freestone County commissioners reviewed a dormant cash-bond account tied to the sheriff’s office that contains $3,933 and has been inactive since about February 2007.

A county official said the account has been moved between ledgers over time and does not accrue interest; the balance likely stems from leftover or unaccounted bond funds dating to when the sheriff’s office and county opened a bond account. The official said the county previously issued a $6,800 check to account for a balance when the account was opened, which may represent county funds that seeded the account.

County discussion focused on whether to leave the money in the dormant account or reallocate it; no final fiscal disposition was recorded in the meeting. Commissioners instructed staff to research the account history and return with recommendations.

No action to reallocate or close the account was taken at the meeting.