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Pope County approves several budget requests, accepts juvenile grant and reallocates election funds
Summary
At a March budget meeting, Pope County officials approved requests to fund office carpeting, cover a prosecuting attorney payroll shortfall, deposit an elevator-service refund into maintenance, accepted a federal juvenile grant and approved a transfer to cover a ballot-on-demand purchase; the board tabled a surplus-investment discussion.
Pope County officials on Friday approved a series of routine budget requests, accepted a federal juvenile-services grant and reallocated election spending while tabling a broader discussion on surplus investments.
The county’s financial summary opened the meeting. "Gross sales and use tax for the general fund for February was $566,004.04," Larry Holman reported, and he said year-to-date revenue was above projections. Holman also noted property-tax collections for February were "right at $1,400,000." The figures set the backdrop for several appropriation votes and transfers that followed.
The court approved reimbursable carpeting for the assessor’s office after a motion and second. County Clerk Pam Ennis asked separately for new carpet in individual offices (the common areas had been completed); commissioners approved that request as well.
Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Phillips asked the court to cover a roughly $4,000 shortfall in his office’s payroll line caused by…
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