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Commission approves budget amendments including payment to DJJ; commissioners debate use of turn-back and fund transfers
Summary
The board approved a set of budget amendment items including item 5.1.3 to pay Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) costs; commissioners queried the use of fine and forfeiture, general fund transfers and turn-back policies before unanimous approval.
Marion County commissioners on Sept. 3 approved the packet of budget amendment resolutions presented by the Clerk of Court, including a contested line item (item 5.1.3) to pay final DJJ-related costs for the fiscal year.
The board initially approved items 5.1.1 through 5.1.12 with 5.1.3 pulled for separate discussion. Commissioners, led by Vice Chairman Alec Zalick, questioned the practice of returning “turn-back” funds to departments without specific oversight and expressed concern about recurring uses of fine and forfeiture money. Zalick said he would prefer holding funds until the precise expenditures were needed and to ensure money is spent for its…
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