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Council reallocates levy and LIT funds, adds $1 million for paving and moves jail medical contract to jail LIT
Summary
To reduce the county general fund shortfall, the council approved a package moving several supply and services lines into local income tax (LIT) funds, added roughly $1 million for paving (bituminous), and shifted the jail medical contract into the correctional LIT.
The Monroe County Council approved a package of budget reallocations designed to lower the 2026 general fund shortfall by shifting certain recurring and one‑time expenses into levy‑controlled local income tax (LIT) funds.
Key moves: Councilors and staff combined a series of transfers and new LIT lines that, together, moved multiple supply and services lines into a newly staffed economic development LIT and the correctional LIT. The council added two paving‑related lines that total $1,000,000 (a $489,743 supplies line and a $510,257 contractual/services line) intended to fund bituminous repairs and to provide matching funds for a competitive Community Crossings grant application. The council also removed the jail medical services line from the general fund and placed it…
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