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Supervisors adopt fiscal‑year 2024‑25 budget amendments; jail medical, motor-vehicle receipts and grants cited
Summary
Board approved two resolutions amending the FY2024‑25 budget to align department estimates with actual receipts and expenditures; most notable adjustments included jail medical and staffing costs and a $1 million revenue increase in motor-vehicle registrations/interest.
Muscatine County supervisors adopted two resolutions March 17 amending the fiscal-year 2024‑25 budget to reflect updated revenue and expenditure estimates across service areas.
County finance staff (identified in the meeting as Kayla, finance staff) presented the proposed adjustments. Major changes included an increase in public-safety expenditures—primarily jail nursing staffing and medical contract costs—of about $570,500; smaller adjustments were made to health and social-service grants (roughly $9,300 in expenditures offset by $3,400 in revenue), and conservation grant-funded capital work (approximately $180,000 in expenditures and a similar increase in revenue). Service Area 8 showed an estimated $1 million revenue increase attributed to motor-vehicle registrations and interest receipts. IT and capital needs—such as a virtualization host cluster and hot-water-heater replacements at the jail—were also included in the amendments.
Finance staff emphasized that the amendments do not raise tax levies; the purpose is to align departmental estimates with actual spending and receipts. The presentations noted that some changes factor into next year’s estimated fund balance and that the board expects another budget amendment in June.
The board approved resolution 03‑17‑25‑01 (amending the fiscal-year 2024‑25 budget) and resolution 03‑17‑25‑02 (budget appropriations for FY2024‑25) by roll‑call votes; both motions carried unanimously.
Ending: Supervisors recorded roll-call votes (ayes recorded) and adopted the two resolutions; staff will return with additional amendments in June as needed.
