Boulder County commissioners on Jan. 7 approved a one‑time budget amendment transferring $397,821 from the county’s Disaster Recovery Fund (Fund 135) to reconcile the county’s matching obligation for the Marshall Fire Recovery Navigator program.

Emily Beam, representing the Office of Financial Management, told commissioners the total reconciled cost for the Recovery Navigator project is $897,821. The Community Foundation of Boulder County provided $500,000; county staff said the county had previously committed to a $400,000 match. The requested transfer from fund balance will reconcile the project’s accounting so the project can be closed out.

Commissioners asked whether the appropriation represented new funds outside prior commitments; Beam confirmed it did not — the transfer was an accounting reconciliation to match the foundation’s contribution and the county’s committed match. Commissioner Loachman moved the item forward and the motion passed without recorded dissent.

Ending: The transfer reconciles project accounting in the county disaster recovery fund and allows final accounting and close‑out of the Recovery Navigator program for Marshall Fire recovery.