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Fiscal Court adopts budget amendment, transfers funds to jail and approves vendor claims; jail budget shifts as coal severance revenue ends
Summary
Morgan County Fiscal Court approved FY25 budget amendment number 8, several budget transfers, a $50,000 interfund cash transfer to the jail fund and ratified vendor claims. Officials presented the FY26 jail budget, noting the loss of LGEA (coal severance) revenue will shift roughly $177,800 more to the general fund for jail operations.
Morgan County Fiscal Court approved multiple fiscal items including the second reading and adoption of fiscal year 2025 budget amendment number 8, several budget transfers, a $50,000 interfund cash transfer to the jail fund and routine vendor claim approvals.
During the treasurer’s report, the finance officer presented reconciled account balances and a set of attachments for the court’s review. The court approved the financial statement for the period ending Feb. 28, 2025. The second reading and adoption of FY25 budget amendment number 8 was approved; the amendment amount presented to the court was $359,201.06. The court also approved budget transfers for FY25 (number 8) totaling approximately $64,735.36 and authorized a $50,000 transfer from the general fund to the jail fund to support jail operations.
Court members then reviewed the FY26 jail budget, a required annual presentation to the Department for Local Government (DLG). Officials said Morgan County will no longer receive LGEA (coal severance) funding because the county is no longer coal-producing. That change requires the general fund to cover more jail costs: the treasurer described an approximate additional need of $177,800 for the jail fund in FY26. The court discussed inmate housing costs; the Round County contract was cited at $42 per inmate per day and officials said the jail bill averages roughly $37,000 per month. The court asked staff to explore contract options to control housing and medical costs.
Other routine fiscal motions carried: the court ratified WEX (fuel) billing statements and prior-period expenditures and approved two separate sets of unpaid vendor claims as presented. The court also resurrected the Real Properties Board as part of a mediated settlement process and appointed members to that board. The court approved a property-use agreement with the Morgan County School Board to allow county access to the walking track at Joe Stacy Recreational Complex and asked for a survey to confirm boundaries and resolve minor disputes.
Ending: The court directed staff to file the budget amendment with state authorities, to complete the survey work and to return with follow-up on jail housing contract options and the results of the property survey; vendor claims and transfers were approved and will be listed in the minutes.
