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Council consolidates county fuel budgets into three line items to improve tracking
Summary
Clinton County commissioners and council agreed 7-0 to consolidate multiple departmental fuel budgets into three buckets—county general (commissioners), EMS and highway—to simplify accounting and monitoring.
Clinton County commissioners and council members voted unanimously to consolidate multiple general-fund fuel line items into three buckets: one under the commissioners for county general departments, one for EMS and one for highway department tanks.
Commission staff said the county—s recent switch to a smart fuel system made it possible to track usage by person and department even if fuel is consolidated into fewer line items. The consolidation aims to reduce the number of separate fuel budgets (roughly a dozen) and simplify monthly allocations while still producing department-level usage reports.
Council members said the change improves efficiency and makes it easier to reconcile who owes what, while staff said they will continue to provide periodic usage reports to department heads. The motion to consolidate fuel budgets carried 7-0.
Ending: The change does not cut fuel funding; it moves existing dollars into a smaller number of centrally managed accounts and requires janitorial bookkeeping adjustments.
