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Muscatine County approves multiple budget amendments and fund transfers for FY24–25
Summary
The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing and approved a package of FY24–25 budget amendments, appropriations and fund transfers to align spending with revenues; total amended expenditures are $1,439,790 and increased revenue of $150,000 was recorded.
The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors on June 2 held a public hearing and approved a series of resolutions amending the county’s fiscal year 2024–25 budget, appropriations and several interfund transfers.
The package approved by the board included an overall increase in amended expenditures of $1,439,790 and an increase in recorded revenue of $150,000, county staff said during the hearing. Kayla of the auditor’s office told the board, “I do think it’s always important to note that amendments do not increase taxes.”
The changes rearrange existing budget authority to reflect actual receipts and expenses. Service area adjustments include an added $97,500 in public safety and legal services to cover jail contract costs, kitchen work and juvenile detention expenses; a road and transportation amendment of roughly $1.3 million tied to possible road vacations; and a $26,700 payroll reallocation that moves staff salary and benefit costs between administration and election budgets in the auditor’s office.
Following the public hearing the board approved a set of numbered resolutions: 06022501 (amending the FY24–25 budget), 06022502 (budget appropriations), 06022503 (transfer from the county attorney fine collection fund to the general basic fund), 06022504 (transfer from the rural services fund to the secondary roads fund), and 06022505 (transfer from the capital projects fund to the secondary roads fund). Each resolution was approved by recorded vote during the meeting.
Board members framed the amendments as bookkeeping actions required by governmental accounting and not tax increases. No members of the public addressed the hearing, and no written comments were received, the auditor’s office reported.
The board also accepted claims dated June 2025 totaling $1,737,023.01 as part of the meeting’s financial business. The amendments and transfers are intended to align line-item authority with expenditures and grant-funded receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year.
