Atchison County approves $500,000 reserve transfer, BG Consultants purchase order and tax‑statement relief resolution

Atchison County commissioners on July 22 voted to move $500,000 from the county reserve fund to cover shortfalls in two operating funds, approved a purchase order to BG Consultants for architectural and engineering work on a Road & Bridge facility and adopted a resolution directing the treasurer to waive interest and penalties for taxpayers who missed 2024 tax deadlines because the county failed to process recorded deeds in time.

The transfers are intended to correct negative cash balances in the county’s solid waste and joint communications/dispatch funds and to avoid the county appearing out of compliance with state guidance. Finance Director Mark Seltner told commissioners the county’s reserve account holds about $550,000 and that the immediate shortfall across affected funds is roughly $420,000.

“We make a transfer of 500,000: 200,000 to fund 202, which is solid waste because we are negative 167,000, and 300,000 to fund 205, which is joint communications and dispatch, they are negative 253,000,” Seltner said in…