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Cooke County moves unspent salary funds into overtime amid vacancies
Summary
The sheriff's office told the commissioners it needs to transfer unspent salary funds to overtime and extra help due to vacancies; the court approved a budget amendment.
Cooke County commissioners approved a budget amendment to move unspent salary funds into overtime and "extra help" lines after the sheriff's office said multiple vacancies have left staff working overtime.
A sheriff's office representative told the County Judge and commissioners the office has "quite a few vacancies" and must shift salary savings into overtime and extra-help pay. "We have unused salary money, and we need to move that over into the overtime line item," the representative said, adding the county will likely need to make similar transfers again before the fiscal year ends.
The court voted to approve the requested budget amendment; the meeting transcript records the motion, a second and a unanimous vote of those present (recorded as "all in favor; Aye"). The transcript records the item as passing with four commissioners present and one absent.
The action is an internal budget reallocation and does not increase total county payroll authority; it reallocates existing salary savings to cover overtime expenses resulting from staff shortages.
