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Commission approves 2024 budget adjustments, equipment purchases and contract actions
Summary
Stark County commissioners on Tuesday approved a package of year-end budget transfers and authorizations including consolidation of road funds, a jail capital increase, two general-fund transfers, a radio-tower payment, authorization for a weed-board truck purchase and a livestock-building code review contract.
Stark County commissioners on Tuesday approved multiple year-end budget adjustments and authorizations to settle outstanding contracts and bring planned equipment purchases into the county’s books.
The actions, taken during a special meeting that began at 9 a.m. on Jan. 14, included consolidating several road accounts into a single County Road Fund, amending the jail capital projects budget, moving two transfers from the general fund into special funds, bringing a radio tower lease current, authorizing purchase and payment for a weed-board truck, and approving a code-review contract for the county livestock building bid package.
Auditor Karen Richard said the largest single motion was consolidating road-related accounts into a new County Road Fund. The board approved transfers totaling $6,515,665.63 into that fund to produce a combined starting balance for 2025 of $8,512,919.03.
The commission also approved a $36,917.69 increase to the jail capital projects line,…
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