Budget and Finance Committee reviews March financials, approves budget amendments and software upgrade

The Budget and Finance Committee met to review March financial statements, discuss purchasing and revenue trends, and vote on a slate of budget amendments and internal reclassifications. Committee members approved minutes from the March 17 meeting, advanced purchasing committee items, and recommended multiple budget amendments to the full commission.

The committee chair opened the meeting, saying the financials showed property tax receipts reaching anticipated levels and reminding members that, "you should be seeing about 75%" of revenues by this point in the fiscal year. The committee heard staff reports that revenues excluding grants were running at roughly 87.6% year-to-date, while revenues including grants were about 68.3%. Expenditures without grants were reported at about 61.1%.

Members discussed several accounts that depart from expectations. A heating, ventilation and air-conditioning repair was noted for the courthouse complex (including the Criminal Justice Center); a staff member said they did not yet have a full breakdown of which buildings and amounts the line item covered and promised to circulate that…