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Finance director reports sales tax gains, healthy building and CIP balances
Summary
Finance Director Tammy Robinson presented monthly reports showing sales tax receipts ahead of year-to-date budget for April, building fund balances, and CIP cash positions; auditors are on site for a single audit related to FEMA funds.
Tammy Robinson, Geary County finance director, presented monthly financial reports during the May 5 commission meeting and described the county’s current cash positions and outstanding items.
Robinson noted April receipts put the county ahead of the expected year-to-date mark: the general fund sales tax receipts were about 43.72% of budget, while the hospital-dedicated sales tax was at about 34.71% of budget at 33.33% of the fiscal year elapsed. Compared with the same period in 2024, she said the county had collected roughly $63,950 more in general-fund sales-tax receipts and about $32,009.83 more in the hospital-dedicated tax; the county’s CID revenue has fallen as that program was shut off, she said.
On the building fund, Robinson said the fund shows $693,314 in uncovered cash; after accounting for an approved but not-yet-spent project of about $12,000, approximately $681,314 remained available. The building fund had spent about 10.38% of its budget year to date, she said.
Robinson reviewed the capital-improvements plan (CIP) cash position: interest income and a returned vehicle check contributed roughly $72,009.37 in revenue, offset by $82,308 in CIP spending. She said the CIP total cash balance is approximately $4,800,000, and after approved-but-unspent amounts and reserves there is nearly $2,800,000 available for projects.
Robinson also said the county’s auditor was on-site and would return to complete follow-up items related to ad-valorem tax questions; because the county received FEMA funds tied to work done in a prior year, the county is subject to a single audit that will focus on those costs. She said the auditor expected to complete the work before June and that the county’s records should make the process straightforward.
Ending: Robinson said she will circulate the budget scheduling information and is preparing 3C budget documents for department heads; the commission asked no follow-up questions at the meeting’s end.
