Burke County manager outlines year-end budget amendments, withdraws FEMA grant and adds $2 million for disaster recovery

County Manager (unnamed) told the Burke County Board of Commissioners at its June 2 pre‑agenda meeting that staff will present a fiscal year 2024–25 year‑end budget amendment at the regular meeting that reallocates existing funds and adjusts accounts to close out the fiscal year, June 30.

The manager said the county will withdraw from a longstanding federal emergency management grant referred to in the meeting as a "Bridal grant, which is a federal emergency management, administrative FEMA grant," a project originally valued at $2,400,000; the county's match portion tied to that award was described as $1.1 million. That match had been earmarked for the Indian Hills pump station project but will be reallocated as staff completes the year‑end cleanups.

The amendment also moves funds from a Clean Water…