Monroe County approves multiple budget amendments, transfers $4.67 million in interest funds and sets tax levy unchanged

Monroe County commissioners on June 24 approved a series of budget amendments and internal fund transfers that move money among county departments, cover invoices from prior fiscal years and allocate federal ARPA dollars, and they set the county tax levy for fiscal year 2025–26 at the same rate as the current year.

Commissioners adopted multiple line-item amendments to the fiscal-year 2024–25 budgets that included: $20,453 to bring sponsorship and gate receipts into the county’s general fund for the Monroe County Rodeo (resolution O624-6); $900 into the Emergency Management Agency (EMA) donations line (O624-6A); $20,500 moved within the Solid Waste Department for year-end corrections (O624-6C); $11,000 moved within the Election Commission for Sweetwater’s election (O624-6D); $735.52 for hourly payroll in the county building budget (maintenance) (O624-6E); $9,000 in the accounting budget for an employee payout of accrued comp time and vacation (O624-6F); and $49,300 moved from fund balance to cover gasoline line overages related to switching to county fuel cards (O624-6H).

The commission also approved transfers…