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Committee approves 2025 budget amendment moving staff and grant-funded purchases to District Attorney's Office
Summary
The Public Safety Committee authorized a 2025 budget amendment that shifts an employee into the District Attorney's Office and authorizes grant-funded equipment purchases.
The Chautauqua County Public Safety Committee approved a resolution to amend the 2025 budget for the District Attorney's Office to reflect a staff transfer and grant-funded equipment purchases.
Deputy Director of Finance Sam Soffuto said the resolution covers two items: purchase of Surface Pro devices and software paid for with grant funds, and the transfer of an existing employee from the jail and the IT department into the District Attorney's Office using local share funds saved during budget hearings.
Soffuto described the staff change as an internal transfer of an existing employee rather than a new hire and said that the use of local share funds follows from budget-year savings identified during hearings. District Attorney Jason Schmidt and Soffuto answered committee questions and characterized the amendment as routine.
The committee voted to approve the amendment; the vote was recorded as carried. No additional appropriation beyond the identified local share transfer and grant-funded purchases was discussed during the meeting.
Committee members declined extended discussion and accepted the staff and procurement changes as presented.
