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Council approves multiple reappropriations, salary ordinance changes and additional jail project funds
Summary
Boone County Council approved transfers within the budget to increase pay lines, amend the salary ordinance for a proposed in-house attorney and reappropriate funds for facilities and the jail-project soft costs; the council also approved a reappropriation for human resources and legal services lines.
Boone County Council members approved a package of internal budget transfers, a salary-ordinance amendment for an in-house attorney position, and an additional appropriation to cover soft costs on the county jail project.
Commissioner Beyer and county staff described the packet of reappropriations as transfers within existing budget lines rather than new spending requests. The council approved reappropriations to move money into the human-resources assistant line to reflect increased duties; to move funds into county attorney lines in support of creating an in-house attorney position; and to cover retirement-related adjustments for the commissioners' legal services account. The council then amended the salary ordinance to add the in-house attorney salary band.
Separately, the council approved a one-time additional request for the jail project to cover $108,731.21 in soft costs: items listed included metal-detection equipment, interior and exterior signage, kitchen equipment requested by the sheriff, electrical work, and relocation assistance for specific offices. Project staff said the jail remains near completion and that final costs remain under the project's $5 million soft-cost allowance; “we are about a hundred and $80,000 up under right now,” Capital Investments Director Max said.
Why it matters: The actions allocate funds internally to pay for staff duties and to finalize the county jail fit-out and signage; the salary-ordinance amendment creates a formal pay range for an in-house county attorney position the commissioners and council have discussed.
Votes at a glance: - Reappropriation: Human Resources — approved (motion and voice votes) - Reappropriation: Commissioners' legal services to county attorney and retirement lines — approved - Jail project additional funds ($108,731.21) — approved - Salary ordinance amendment for in-house attorney — approved
All motions passed on voice votes with no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.
