The Wilson County Budget Committee on an administrative motion approved a midyear budget amendment moving $12,405 within department payroll lines to convert a part‑time employee to full time and adjust a second employee’s step, committee members said.

The change stems from a request that managers move a part‑time employee — who had returned from outside employment — to full time and advance that employee four steps in the pay plan to retain him. Committee discussion identified Section 14 of the county’s appropriations resolution as the authority requiring committee approval for midyear changes to the pay plan.

Budget staff said the money comes from an existing part‑time payroll line and will not add to the county’s total payroll cost for the year. “It doesn’t require any more money,” a staff presenter said during the meeting. The packet included two employee detail sheets and a budget amendment request; the committee voted to approve the amendment.

Committee members also approved several other budget items on the agenda without extended debate: a fund balance report (closing of books for December was not yet complete), overtime money requested by the sheriff’s office for jail staffing shortages, surplus and disposal lists for the circuit court clerk and mayor’s office, and school‑system budget adjustments that move grant, donation and transportation funds to matching expenditure lines and increase substitute teaching lines for voluntary pre‑K positions.

Several commissioners raised procedural concerns about approving midyear pay adjustments while a countywide pay study and pay plan update is underway. One commissioner said approving midyear increases for one office could set a precedent and asked that the committee be mindful of department equity. Budget staff replied the county is conducting a pay study and will provide a timeline to integrate those results into next year’s budget process.

The motion to approve the $12,405 amendment carried after a voice vote of the committee. No roll‑call tally was recorded in the transcript.

The committee chair and staff said the county will continue the pay‑study work and produce a budget letter and timeline for how pay adjustments will be handled in the budget cycle.

The committee did not specify affected employees’ full names in the public motion; supporting employee detail sheets were included in the packet.