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Board schedules special meeting after debate over circuit clerk fund transfers and audit timing
Summary
Board members pressed county staff on delayed transfers from circuit clerk special-revenue funds into the general fund, raised audit-timing concerns and secured signatures for a special meeting on Feb. 25 at 5:30 p.m. to consider budget amendments tied to fiscal 2024.
Champaign County board members spent an extended portion of the Feb. 20 meeting debating delayed interfund transfers tied to the circuit clerk's office, potential effects on the county audit and whether to accelerate budget amendments to record revenue in fiscal year 2024.
Members said several quarterly transfers that were expected to move revenue from circuit-clerk special-revenue funds into the general fund had not been completed as planned. Former Finance Chair Stephanie Furtado and acting vice chair JJ told the board the missing transfers had created confusion and risked distorting fiscal-year results. “If the money had been transferred all along as it was agreed upon, we would have had a better…
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