Kaufman County commissioners approve routine budget items, credit cards, $65,000 road transfer and Crime Victims Rights Week resolution

Kaufman County’s commissioners court approved a series of routine items and one budget transfer during its March 25 meeting, including the treasurer’s monthly report for February, requests for additional purchasing cards for facilities, a $65,000 transfer of road-bond funds, and a resolution designating April 2025 as National Crime Victims Rights Week.

County Treasurer Chuck reported that the county ended February with $51,937,000 in Fund 10 and had $113,000,646 invested overall. He told the court the county’s total funds on deposit at American National Bank were $52,043,000 and that the bank holds collateral valued at $87,520,000 (about 168 percent collateralization). For the month the county wrote 459 receipts totaling $34,959,312. Treasurer Chuck also reported average yields of about 4.48% in TexPool and about 4.49% in Texas CLASS, and he said road-and-bridge pooled funds have earned $239,343 since Oct. 1 of the current fiscal year (compared with $618,275.66 in investment earnings for the entire previous fiscal year).

The court approved two separate requests from Facilities to increase purchasing-card access for operations: an additional Citibank card to…