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Carroll County amends FY25 budget, funds new fire marshal captain post; May financials show revenues near target
Summary
The board approved a fiscal year 2025 budget amendment covering employee retention pay, jail expenses, ARPA allocations and insurance recovery for the solid waste transfer station collapse; commissioners also approved creating a funded fire marshal captain position and received a May financial recap showing revenues at 96.6% of budget.
Carroll County commissioners approved a multi‑fund budget amendment for fiscal year 2025 and authorized a funded headcount for a fire marshal captain, while staff reported May 2025 financials showing revenues near budget.
Alicia Searcy, Carroll County finance director, presented the budget amendment. The general fund will increase by $1,753,000 to cover employee retention pay and jail expenditures for the sheriff—s office. Other fund changes included: a $5,000 increase to the grant fund for fire department uniforms and supplies; a $20,000 increase in the clerk—s cooperative for contractual services and equipment; a $145,000 opioid settlement fund increase for judicial and public safety expenses; a $10,000 hotel/motel revenue and expense increase split between the convention/visitors bureau and the general fund; and an increase of $6,772,000 for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) fund for planned ARPA expenditures.
Searcy said the solid waste fund would receive $840,915 in insurance proceeds from the transfer station collapse; that amount will be moved into a capital projects fund to hold for rebuilding the transfer station.
The nut graf: The board unanimously approved the budget amendment (7–0). Separately, the board approved creating and funding a full‑time fire marshal captain position, described as an assistant to the fire marshal who will handle reporting and fire marshal duties; the headcount was added after funding was already included in the budget but omitted from the budget resolution.
In a related work session, Searcy reviewed May 2025 financials: revenues year‑to‑date stood at $78,837,321 (96.55% of budget) with $2,817,073 remaining to meet the annual revenue target of $81,654,394; expenses were $70,370,370 (86.18% of budget), producing a May fund balance of $54,152,486. The board discussed the possibility of revisiting debt paydown or fund balance decisions in several months when final tax digest numbers arrive.
Ending: Searcy and commissioners said staff will continue to monitor year‑end collections and expenses; commissioners asked finance staff to revisit fund balance and debt‑paydown options mid‑year as digest figures become clearer.
