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Board recommends council approve $55,000 transfer within Whitestown EMS fund to restore capital outlays
Summary
Board members recommended the Town Council approve moving $55,000 from EMS 'other services and charges' to capital outlays after a Gateway budgeting error left capital outlay lines empty; motion carried.
Whitestown — On July 2 the Whitestown Fire Board voted to recommend that the Town Council approve a transfer of $55,000 within the EMS fund, moving funds from 'other services and charges' to the capital outlays line to reflect how the department intended the budget to be categorized.
Chief Cunningham told the board the EMS budget “did not go through as presented and approved, through Gateway,” resulting in about $100,000 being placed in EMS training and no allocation to capital outlays. He described the requested transfer as a re-categorization to correct the Gateway error, with a likely additional small appropriation to follow to make capital outlays whole.
A board member moved to give a favorable recommendation to the Town Council; the motion received a second and passed with all members voting in favor during the board roll call. The board clarified the funds exist in the EMS budget and the request is a transfer between budget categories rather than an increase in total appropriation.
No additional formal council action was taken by the board; the measure was a recommendation for town-council consideration.
