Warren County Board of Supervisors members voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a package of 2025 budget amendments, appropriations and an organizational update, the board announced during roll-call votes.
The measures approved included supplemental appropriations and budget amendments across county departments, a transfer from the insurance reserve to health services to cover lost vaccines, funding for 2025 road projects, allocation of computer-reserve funds to the information-technology budget, correction and cancellation of certain assessments, and a change to the table of organization and compensation for the Department of Public Works.
The actions matter because they move money and personnel authority that county departments say they need to maintain services and complete planned projects this year.
Board members conducted several roll-call votes. For each listed resolution the board recorded the outcome as "passes" with 868 votes in favor, as read into the record by meeting staff. Those resolutions recorded in the meeting record include Resolution 277 (supplemental appropriations), Resolution 278 (2025 budget amendment for several departments), Resolution 300 (insurance reserve appropriation to health services for vaccine loss), Resolution 301 (2025 road fund projects), Resolution 302 (computer reserve fund appropriation to IT), Resolution 304 (canceling or correcting assessments and refunds) and Resolution 306 (amending the table of organization and salary for the Department of Public Works).
The insurance-related transfer described in Resolution 300 was identified in the meeting text as intended to cover the cost of an insurance plan after the loss of rabies and human vaccines caused by a malfunctioning refrigerator; the transcript records county staff calling for appropriation from the insurance reserve fund to health services for that purpose.
The board also approved the new staffing and salary authorization in Resolution 306 for the Department of Public Works; the action was read for a roll call and passed as recorded. Following individual roll-call approvals the chair called for a single motion to approve the balance of resolutions, which passed by voice vote.
No dissenting votes were recorded in the meeting transcript excerpts provided; the minutes show affirmative responses from the board during each roll call. The meeting record contains the full roll-call sequence of names and recorded "yes" votes for each resolution.
The board did not provide in the recorded excerpt further detail about implementation timelines or the departmental plans tied to each appropriation; departments named in the motions are responsible for carrying out purchases and personnel changes in line with county procedures.
Chairman Garrity presided over the roll calls, and county staff read each resolution number into the record before the vote.