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Russell County fiscal court accepts year-end settlement and approves multiple fund transfers
Summary
The Russell County Fiscal Court approved its fiscal year‑end settlement and a series of interfund transfers July 14, including corrections to ARPA coding and allocations to the jail, airport and emergency shelter.
The Russell County Fiscal Court on July 14 accepted its fiscal year‑end settlement and approved a series of interfund transfers, including a correction moving $64,011.18 from the ARPA fund to the road fund and transfers to the jail, airport and emergency shelter.
The court voted unanimously to accept the county’s fiscal year‑end settlement after a county official said the accounts were in balance and had been uploaded to the Department for Local Government. The court then approved several transfers: two transfers into the general fund totaling $150,000; a transfer of $175,000 from the general fund to the jail; $15,000 moved from ABC funds to the jail; $15,000 from the general fund to the airport; and $1,500 from the general fund to the emergency shelter fund. The court also approved an accounting correction that moved $64,011.18 from the ARPA fund to the road fund because a prior charge was miscoded.
Why it matters: those moves change available balances for public safety, airport operations, shelter support and road maintenance before the start of the next fiscal cycle and correct an ARPA coding error identified in internal review.
Details and background: a county official told the court that the fiscal year documents had been uploaded to the Department for Local Government and were received. The ARPA correction was described as reversing a mistaken charge that had been posted to the road fund instead of ARPA. The court accepted an insurance‑administration code update that appeared in the packet and voted to adopt the administrative language shown there (the packet reflected a $500 administrative declaration in the ordinance language). The motions were offered and seconded by members of the fiscal court and carried by voice vote.
What the court recorded formally: motions to accept the fiscal year‑end settlement and each transfer were made, seconded and approved by the court during the meeting. The transcript shows no recorded roll‑call vote listing individual votes; the judge called for those in favor to say “aye.”
Next steps: normal accounting processes will reflect the transfers and the ARPA correction; departments affected (jail, airport, emergency shelter, roads) will proceed with spending under the adjusted balances and existing procurement rules.
