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Bradley County commissioners approve wide-ranging end-of-year budget amendments, discuss purchase-order policy
Summary
The Bradley County Commission on May 20 approved a series of end-of-year budget amendments across departments and debated the county's policy on open purchase orders after staff and commissioners raised concerns about long-standing practices and federal funding deadlines.
Bradley County commissioners on May 20 approved a series of consolidated end-of-year budget amendments that reallocated funds across multiple departments and discussed whether the county's long-standing purchase-order (PO) policy should be tightened.
The amendments, presented as grouped packets (for example, pages 17'30, 32'35 and 63'73 in the distributed packet), moved money between line items to cover shortfalls and prepayments and to close out prior-year obligations. Commissioners voted on a sequence of motions to accept the amendments; most passed unanimously or with one member absent.
Why it matters: The changes settle department-level shortfalls and reassign federal and local funds before the close of the fiscal year. Commissioners also flagged an administrative practice'open or old purchase orders'that can obscure the county's true liabilities and complicate compliance with federal grant deadlines.
The commission's votes covered many small reallocations: the mayor's office moved multiple expense lines into utilities and postage after the county prepaid a three-year…
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