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Quorum Court unanimously approves three ordnance appropriations, moves $800,000 to EOC construction
Summary
The Washington County Quorum Court approved three ordinances: a $280,626.60 drug court grant appropriation, a $6,134.77 cleanup appropriation, and an $800,000 transfer from unappropriated reserves to the county EOC construction fund.
The Washington County Quorum Court’s finance and budget committee voted unanimously on three ordinances on Tuesday, reallocating grant and reserve funds and approving additional funding for the county’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) construction.
Item 7: Ordinance recognizing and appropriating additional drug court grant revenue — $280,626.60 - Description: Ordinance recognizing and appropriating $280,626.60 in the 2025 drug court grant fund. - Motion: Moved by Butch; seconded by Lisa. - Outcome: Unanimously approved.
Item 8: Ordinance recognizing and appropriating miscellaneous returned funds — $6,134.77 - Description: Ordinance recognizing additional revenue of $6,134.77 and appropriating it to various line items and budgets for 2025; described by the reader as a cleanup of commissions’ returned vendor funds. - Motion: Motion to pass was made from the floor; mover/second not specified in the transcript. - Outcome: Unanimously approved.
Item 9: Ordinance appropriating $800,000 to EOC construction fund from reserves - Description: Ordinance appropriating $800,000 from unappropriated reserves in the general fund to the EOC construction project fund budget for 2025. - Presentation and discussion: Comptroller Paul Sherman presented a funding summary, saying the quorum court has appropriated a total of $6,800,000 for the EOC in prior actions and ARPA allocations, of which roughly $4,000,000 has been expended. Sherman said that earlier estimates put potential additional need at $2,800,000 but that adjustments and returned funds left a projected need of $1,900,000; after the $800,000 appropriation the remaining need would be roughly $1,500,000. He said construction is progressing with drywall up and an expected completion in September or October. - Motion: Moved by Lisa; seconded by Charles. - Outcome: Unanimously approved.
Committee discussion included a request from Miss Kober that construction updates be provided regularly at committee meetings so the public can follow spending. Paul Sherman and meeting participants also said the building director (Director Ledgerwood) is available for tours and to brief the court on request.
All three ordinances were adopted by voice/hand vote with no recorded objections.
