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Gibson County commissioners approve 2025 budget and multiple appropriations, including $576,900 for outdoor sirens and $540,000 for jail project
Summary
At their Sept. 9 meeting, Gibson County officials approved the 2025 county budget and several supplemental appropriations and transfers, including a $576,900 purchase of 18 outdoor warning sirens and a $540,000 increase to the correctional rehabilitation facility construction line item; the budget passed by roll-call vote.
Gibson County commissioners approved the county’s 2025 budget and a series of supplemental appropriations and fund transfers during their Sept. 9 meeting, including a $576,900 appropriation for countywide outdoor warning sirens and a $540,000 increase for the correctional rehabilitation facility construction account.
Commissioners voted on multiple transfer and appropriation requests presented by county staff. Items approved during the session included:
- Transfer and close dormant fund 8101 to the general fund (motion made and seconded; board approved).
- $576,900 to purchase 18 outdoor warning sirens for countywide use (the amount stated in the meeting was $576,900 for equipment and related costs); motion and second carried with commissioners saying "Aye."
- A $540,000 supplemental appropriation tied to the correctional rehabilitation facility (item listed as Fund 12‑33: $3,500 and $500 for owner's representative/secretary, $12,370 professional services and $523,693 construction for a total of $540,000); motion and second carried.
- Multiple other supplemental appropriations and internal transfers across funds (general fund personal-services and other-services increases, motor-vehicle and highway funds, sheriff fleet maintenance, health department grants and many small fund adjustments). County staff presented a consolidated list with fund-by-fund amounts; commissioners approved the package during the meeting.
- Final approval of the countywide budget: the board moved, seconded and approved the overall budget; the clerk conducted a roll-call in which the following votes were recorded: Derek McGraw — Aye; Jeremy Overman — Aye; Jenny Brown — Aye; Craig Schafer — Aye; Bob Schleeder — Aye; Mike Stillwell — Aye; Anna Blankens — Aye. The motion passed on the recorded roll call.
The siren purchase was noted as coming from an RFP process and county staff said they had related documentation on the commissioners' desks. The correctional-facility allotment was presented as a professional-services and construction increase tied to the ongoing jail project; staff said the funds were required to cover construction and owner's-representative costs.
Commissioners approved the requests during the meeting with routine voice votes and, for the final budget, a formal recorded roll call. No recorded votes against the listed appropriation items appeared in the meeting transcript excerpts; recorded roll-call names and aye votes were provided for the final budget approval.
