Howard County Council approves $487,131.40 in additional appropriations, transfers and salary changes

Howard County Council approved additional appropriations totaling $487,131.40 and a package of budget transfers and salary-ordinance amendments during its June meeting, council members said. The measures included a $400,000 repayment into the county workers' compensation fund after a spike in property-casualty insurance costs, transfers that move $130,000 into jail overtime, and grant-related adjustments for juvenile and public-health programs. "The $400,000 that we are asking for, workers' comp is actually a repayment into the workers' comp. We had to take 400,000 from that for a property casualty insurance that was due earlier in the year," Commissioner Dodd said, explaining the request to restore the workers' compensation balance.

The council adopted Ordinance No. 2025-8CCO-26, listing line-item appropriations across county funds. The ordinance recorded specific increases including $400,000 to county general fund workers' compensation; $30,600 for a PSC probation officer under a JCC PSC grant; $10,000 for a…