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Board approves $2.75 million contingency transfer after sheriff’s office reports mid‑year shortfall; staff directed to propose audit options
Summary
The board authorized an internal budget reallocation and a $2.75 million transfer from general‑fund contingencies to cover the sheriff’s fiscal 2024‑25 shortfall and directed the CAO to provide options for a financial review of the sheriff’s budget.
Monterey County supervisors voted June 3 to authorize adjustments to the sheriff’s fiscal 2024–25 budget after the sheriff’s office reported a mid‑year shortfall and accounting errors that left appropriations misallocated.
Undersheriff Keith Boyd told the board the sheriff’s office identified a swap in cost‑plan charges that created a $4,247,000 appropriation mismatch and asked the board to authorize the auditor‑controller to move existing budgeted funds from one sheriff appropriation unit to another. Boyd also requested a separate increase in appropriations of $2,750,000 to cover projected shortfalls in patrol operations, corrections and other…
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