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County staff reports annual opioid fund accounting, notes $1,144 discrepancy
Summary
Staff presented the county's opioid fund report, said state-accounted totals exceeded county-reported restricted funds by $1,144, and explained which expenditures qualified under restricted (abatement) categories.
County staff presented the Greene County opioid fund annual report and described a small accounting discrepancy and how county spending maps to the state's categories.
"We have to submit a report of how we're spending the money once a year," Nicole, a county staff member, told commissioners. She said the state's records show a different total than the county's accounts and that the difference is $1,144. "Somehow that $1,144 was deposited to unrestricted when it should've went to restricted," Nicole said. She said she was still waiting to determine whether further action was required to reconcile the accounts.
Nicole described how the county reports restricted funds (called abatement funds) by category and said the prosecutor's office training fits one of the qualifying categories and was therefore listed in the restricted funds. She said the county's canine (K-9) program did not fit a qualifying category and that its cost was paid from unrestricted funds.
Nicole also noted the reporting requirement asks the county to list who is in charge of the money and that she listed the commissioners and the "Grama committee" (as she recorded it) as the responsible office holders.
Commissioners did not take additional action at the meeting beyond hearing the report; staff said they would continue to follow up on the deposit discrepancy.
