Butler County commissioners approve budget transfers and purchase orders; table Continuum of Care contract amendment until full board

Butler County commissioners approved a series of finance transfers, purchase orders and departmental resolutions and directed staff on several follow-ups. The board voted to approve the finance report, authorized multiple intra-fund transfers, approved purchase-order increases for homeless services and approved a renewal for foster-care recruitment services. The board removed one contract-amendment item from the agenda to wait for a full board.

Finance Director Dave McCormick presented two agenda items: transfers and appropriations (agenda item 21173) and purchase orders over $25,000 (agenda item 21223). McCormick said the sheriff’s department requested a transfer of $70,059 from materials, supplies and contract-services accounts funded by the TCAP grant into salary and benefit accounts funded by the TCAP grant to align the department’s budget with projected expenses for the year. The probate court requested a $4,000…