Walker County Commissioners Court approved a set of budget amendments on Monday that reallocated contingency and fund balances across numerous county departments and project funds. The order, filed as 2025-95, moved money from general contingency into line items such as credit card fees, courthouse security, equipment purchases and a range of project budgets; it also transferred ARP interest earnings into the county's long-range planning fund.

The amendments included a $6,000 transfer from general fund contingency to the county treasurer budget to cover rising credit card fees, equipment purchases of roughly $3,700 to replace PCs, an increase to courthouse security for a roughly $13,003.92 fuel and operations shortfall, and multiple transfers from special contingency totaling $476,002.90 for court-related and capital items listed in the amendment. The package also authorized $184,090 in ARP interest earnings to be moved to the long-range planning fund.

County staff described the amendments as routine year-end and project management activity designed to move fund-balance dollars into project funds so they can be spent next year, and to cover overages and new priorities identified during the fiscal year. The finance presentation listed transfers and the projects they support, including funds for engineering contracts, autopsies, ambulance transport services, and vehicle maintenance. The board approved the order by voice vote.

Commissioners and staff emphasized that several transfers reflected timing differences between when revenue was received and when related projects will be executed, and that dedicated funds (for example road and bridge, EMS and legislative-designated funds) remain in their designated accounts rather than reverting to the general fund. Staff also noted two new grant budgets recorded in the long-range planning fund pending receipt of funds.

The court approved the motion to accept Order 2025-95. The action allows the listed transfers to proceed and authorizes staff to make the budget adjustments described in the motion.

Questions about individual line items were taken during the presentation; commissioners did not request separate roll-call votes on individual transfers.