County commissioners voted to ask the clerk to reprint a transfer resolution removing a $258,450 land-payment line and to bring that amount back for approval at a later meeting. The commission directed the clerk to reprint what was identified as resolution 250364 without the $258,450 figure so the remainder of the transfer could proceed today.

The reprint follows a multi-part discussion about how the county moves funds to the Airport Authority and how those funds are shown in county accounting. Commissioners described a new account, “air contributions from county,” intended to make it easier to see how much the county has given the airport and to prevent automatic reappearance of that money in next year’s budget. County staff said the seller of the land will typically pay for the survey and deed preparation and that the county’s legal or prosecuting attorney role in real-estate closing had not been confirmed on the record.

Commissioners discussed several related airport expenses that were not part of the reprinted item. They said the airport expects to cover engineering and matching costs for an AWOS (Automated Weather Observing System) study and that the county might be responsible for roughly 5 percent of AWOS costs, subject to later confirmation. The airport also plans to move $100,000 from fuel sales to cover matching or other project costs; commissioners said much of that matching money is expected to be reimbursed at roughly 90–95 percent, but the timing and precise reimbursement terms were not specified on the record.

During discussion, commissioners noted that the $258,450 being removed from today’s resolution represents the only general-fund money expected to be required for the airport over the next 10 years under the current plan. They agreed to remove the $258,450 now and add it to a later single resolution so public records and future reviewers would find a single consolidated entry for all airport-related transfers.

The motion to reprint the resolution without the $258,450 amount passed on a roll-call vote. The clerk was directed to reissue the resolution for the commission’s next meeting and to add the outstanding land-purchase/transfer amounts at that time.

Background: Commissioners referenced an earlier transfer sequence that moved $258,450 out of the general fund into the Airport Authority and then into a county contribution account. The process is intended to isolate county contributions for public transparency and to keep those amounts from automatically reappearing in subsequent budgets without explicit action.