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Harrison County approves line-item transfers, regular bills and treasurer reports; allocates SB22 surplus toward laptops
Summary
The commissioners approved transfers moving surplus salary funds to overtime, reallocated about $19,000 of SB22 grant money to equipment for laptops, and approved regular bills, payroll and the treasurer's February investment reports during their March 25 meeting.
Harrison County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved several routine fiscal actions, including transfers to cover overtime, payment of $751,840.51 in regular bills and adoption of the treasurer's monthly and investment reports for February 2025.
County Auditor Haynes told the court she was transferring surplus salary funds to overtime because attrition has left vacancies and deputies and jailers are working more overtime. Haynes also said the county expects a surplus in the SB 22 grant this year and recommended reallocating some of that grant money to equipment purchases. "We're gonna use some of the surplus for that," Auditor Haynes said. "So that's what the 19,000 that we're transferring from the SB 22 line item to equipment is." Commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the line-item transfers.
The court approved payment of $751,840.51 in regular bills and ratified payroll for the March 14, 2025 pay period; both motions passed 4-0. The treasurer, Ms. Rushing, presented the county's February cash and investment figures: beginning cash of $9,213,220.21, receipts of $26,939,583.92, disbursements of $15,996,828.65, and an ending cash-plus-investments balance the treasurer reported as $43,469,799.48. Rushing also summarized county investments and earnings in Texas Class and Texas Bank & Trust accounts and noted the county temporarily holds a larger money-market balance while earning higher interest there; the court approved the investment report 4-0.
The court also approved a budget amendment for the constables' training and forfeiture fund under Local Government Code Section 111.0108 to reflect two payments received this fiscal year. Auditor Haynes said some departments budget against a prior-year fund balance, which explains instances where budgeted expense exceeds current-year revenue. That amendment passed 4-0.
The court approved corrected transcribed minutes from the March 11 meeting, with language revised to show two items had been tabled rather than ordered; the revision passed 4-0.
Ending: Commissioners framed the transfers and budget adjustments as housekeeping to reflect staffing and grant timing; the court directed staff to proceed with the approved equipment purchases and post the treasurer's reports to the county web site as required by statute.
