Glades County commissioners approve multiple budget amendments, grants and routine bids

Glades County commissioners on Monday approved a consent agenda and a series of budget amendments and procurement actions to adjust this year’s budget and record new grant funding.

The actions included: approval of county warrants and law-enforcement trust fund requests on the consent agenda; a multi-fund budget amendment to true up project rollovers from fiscal 2024; a $59,619.30 appropriation to the 9‑1‑1 budget for a rural county grant; and a $11,160 increase to the Supervisor of Elections budget tied to a state grant. The board also accepted a bid for publication of delinquent tax notices at a rate of $0.28 per line for both real estate and tangible personal property.

Why it matters: The budget amendments move remaining project balances and grant revenue into the current fiscal year so departments and grant-funded programs can pay invoices and complete roll‑forward projects. Recording grant revenue also allows the county to legally spend monies already awarded by the state.

Finance director Cash Morgan explained that the most recent closeout of fiscal 2024 invoices required “a true up” of several ongoing projects and funds. “Every year during the budget process, we try to estimate what your projects which are rolling forward into the current year are going to be, but it does typically require some true up as the project project close out,” Morgan said.

Key votes and items (details from the meeting): • Consent agenda (county warrants; federal equitable sharing fund request; local law enforcement trust fund request): motion moved by Commissioner Patterson, seconded by Commissioner Barnes; Commissioner Taylor abstained from items involving Taylor Electric; roll call recorded four affirmative votes with Commissioner Sapp absent (vote recorded in meeting as “passes 4‑0”).

• Budget amendment 24‑25‑01 (adjust general fund, 9‑1‑1 fund, SHIP fund and capital outlay fund to carry forward project balances): motion moved by Commissioner Patterson; second recorded; roll call: Patterson, Barnes, Chair (recorded as yes) and Commissioner Taylor voted yes; Commissioner Sapp absent; recorded outcome: passed 4‑0. Finance staff described increases to the general fund and 9‑1‑1 fund and a decrease to capital outlay to reflect year‑end invoice postings; exact line amounts were discussed in the presentation and the transcript contains some inconsistent line entries (see clarifying details).

• Budget amendment 24‑25‑11 (appropriate $59,619.30 grant funding to the 9‑1‑1 budget from the 9‑1‑1 rural county grant program): motion moved by Commissioner Patterson, seconded by Commissioner Barnes; roll call recorded as unanimous among attending commissioners; outcome passed 4‑0.

• Budget amendment 24‑25‑12 (appropriate $11,160 to the Supervisor of Elections budget tied to a state grant): motion moved by Commissioner Taylor, seconded by Commissioner Barnes; roll call recorded as unanimous among attending commissioners; outcome passed 4‑0.

• Publication of delinquent tax notices (bid award): staff recommended award to the single bidder at $0.28 per line for real estate and $0.28 per line for tangible personal property; Commissioner Patterson moved approval; the board approved the recommendation (motion and roll call recorded in the meeting record; outcome recorded as approved).

The board recorded roll‑call votes for each budget amendment and resolution. Several votes were handled by roll call; Commissioner Sapp was noted as excused for attendance due to a funeral.

Ending note: These approvals finalize internal accounting changes for fiscal 2024 roll‑forwards and put the county on record to accept and spend three state/grant awards; the county’s finance director said the amendments are administrative adjustments to reflect invoice postings and grant receipts. The board did not table or defer any of the recorded items at the Jan. 27 meeting.