Budget board approves capital cleanup, $425,000 for court clerk furniture and funding moves for courthouse elevator and safety programs

The Oklahoma County Budget Board on Wednesday approved a series of budget and capital actions including a $425,000 transfer request for court clerk office furniture, the closure of older capital projects that freed funds for reallocation, creation of a capital line to repair the courthouse ADA elevator and the transfer of nearly $895,000 in community-safety grant funds.

Board members voted to approve the court clerk’s request for $425,000 to replace outdated furniture and window shades on the fifth floor, after the court clerk said much of the existing furniture dates from the 1970s and would not survive moving. The motion carried on a voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the meeting record.

The board also approved a capital “cleanup” presented by county finance staff and the clerk’s office that closed 29 inactive projects and identified $840,599.53 in recoverable funds. After previously approved reallocations (including $300,000 moved at the estimate of need,…