A county official reported a $9,500 bid to install a 4-by-8 drive-through window at the tax office and commissioners discussed creating a designated special fund to hold capital dollars such as fire trucks and building projects.
"I did get a bid for a drive through window for the tax office, building a 4 by 8," said Speaker 1, who reported receiving a single bid of $9,500. "So if that's something we wanted to possibly consider budget for, just wanna fill that out there."
Separately, the group discussed placing $1 million into a special fund to preserve capital dollars rather than roll them back into the regular budget at year end. "We could put a million dollars in a special fund," said Speaker 3, adding that Fund 85 contains special-designated funds and that keeping the money designated would prevent it being used for unintended purposes. The transcript also notes a $500,000 sum currently designated for the courthouse.
The discussion indicated that the $1 million designation was a planning suggestion; no formal appropriation or vote was recorded in the transcript. Staff said the amount could be placed in Fund 85 or another designated account and that final placement and accounting could wait until a later budget action.
Other capital items mentioned included roofs and air-conditioning work and a referenced $750,000 figure in the context of cycle funding; the transcript does not show a binding decision on those items.