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Board approves $25,501 transfer from District 5 community initiatives to operations after heated debate
Summary
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors voted 4–1 to move $25,501 from a District 5 Community Initiatives account to the district's operations/travel budget to cover overspending, prompting discussion about policy, oversight and fiscal stewardship.
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a budget amendment transferring $25,501 from District 5’s Community Initiatives (CI) fund to the district’s operations and travel account, aligning the accounting for expenditures from July 1, 2024, through about Feb. 4, 2025.
The motion to approve the transfer was made by Supervisor Lena Fowler (District 5) and seconded by Supervisor Jeronimo Vasquez (District 2). The board approved the transfer on a 4–1 vote: Supervisors Begay, Horstman, Vasquez and Fowler voted yes; Supervisor Tammy Ontiveros voted no.
Board members and county staff framed the action as legally permissible but sharply debated whether it followed best practices and whether the board should permit continued routine transfers from CI funds to pay for supervisors’ travel and operations. County counsel and the finance director told the board that state statute and the county’s budget-management rules allow transfers among line items at the department/fund level, provided the full…
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