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Commissioners approve up to $7,900 to cover sheriff overtime for county passport fair
Summary
Court approved a budget amendment to move up to $7,900 from the district clerk's passport budget to the sheriff's overtime line to provide security for a walk‑up passport fair scheduled for Saturday; staff said the passport office will provide comp time for its employees.
Collin County Commissioners Court approved a budget amendment to transfer up to $7,900 from the district clerk's passport budget to the sheriff's office overtime budget to staff security at a county passport fair scheduled for Saturday.
Why it matters: The passport fair is a county‑run public service event. The approved amendment ensures sheriff's deputies are available for security at the courthouse during the event without delaying the fair.
District clerk staff member Russell Gould told the court the passport fair is scheduled for Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon and is a walk‑up event with stations extending through the courthouse. Gould said the passport office has $7,939.86 remaining in that budget line and asked the court to approve a not‑to‑exceed transfer to cover sheriff overtime if needed. "The amount that we got from budget was $7,939 is what's available," Gould said.
Commissioners questioned whether county passport office employees would be paid overtime. Gould said the district clerk's office planned to provide comp time for its employees rather than overtime pay; sheriff's deputies, by contrast, would be compensated from the overtime line if paid. Judge Hill and county staff asked for a not‑to‑exceed figure; the court set the amendment at $7,900 and approved the transfer.
Outcome: Motion carried. The court approved a budget amendment to transfer up to $7,900 from the district clerk's passport budget to the sheriff's overtime budget to cover security for the Saturday passport fair. The district clerk's office said it expects to track actual costs and that existing payroll systems will record who worked and whether comp time or overtime was used.
Additional details: County staff said future passport fairs will be budgeted in the normal budget process, with the next expected in the fall budget cycle. The district clerk's office characterized the event as the first passport fair of this kind and said future events would be planned into the budget.
