Commissioners authorize transfers, capital appropriations and purchasing actions including $110,000 lumber order for new FBO

Macon‑Bibb County commissioners on Tuesday approved a series of budget and contracting measures, including an accounting transfer to fund road work, an appropriation from previously authorized 2018 proceeds for specified projects, a small parks memorial appropriation and an early lumber purchase to keep an airport fixed‑base operator project on schedule.

The commission approved a budget transfer within the engineering department, moving $250,000 from professional services to a contracts line item to fund road work contracts. Commissioners described the move as an internal accounting transfer for previously approved work; the motion was made by Commissioner Wilder and seconded by Commissioner Wynne.

The panel also approved an ordinance to appropriate up to $10,624,314 from 2018 proceeds “to allocated authorized projects as specified” in the agenda materials. County staff summarized the allocations during the meeting as follows (verbatim from materials presented): “$1,922,840 for stormwater…