Wayne County Ways and Means committee approves a slate of budget adjustments; item 12 later reconsidered and approved

The Wayne County Commission Committee on Ways and Means approved a package of budget adjustments covering multiple county funds and programs during an open meeting; items 1–11 were approved in a single motion and item 12 was initially passed for the day and then later reconsidered and approved.

The committee first voted to approve items 1 through 11 on the agenda in a single motion moved by Commissioner Scott and supported by Commissioner Clemente. The roll call recorded Commissioners Scott, Morecki, Clemente, Anderson and Chair Kinloch voting yes and the motion carried. Item 12 was initially passed for the day when no presenter was present; after a presenter joined online the committee reconvened that item, moved to reconsider it, and approved the item by voice vote.

The budget adjustments addressed line-item reallocations and certifications across multiple funds. Specific items read into the record and approved included: budget adjustment 20 25 35 0 79 (general fund reallocations that funded $43,000 for court clerk laptops); budget adjustment 20 20 five-thirty five-ninety 8 (Comcast/display line for election information); budget adjustment 20 20 five-thirty five-sixty 9 (juvenile justice abuse and neglect fund reallocations); budget adjustment 20 25 35 0 95 (certifying revenue/reallocating expenditures in the general fund); budget adjustment 20 25 35 1 22 (property tax forfeiture fund for fuel/maintenance of a new mobile office); budget adjustment 20 25 35 0 53 (employee parking at 400 Monroe); budget adjustment 20 25 35 46 (certifying revenue in the County Health Fund); budget adjustment 20 25 35 1 0 8 (central services fund cybersecurity reallocation); budget adjustment 20 20 five-thirty five-eighty 5 (County Road Fund reallocations); budget adjustment 20 25 35 1 14 (general fund and jail commissary fund reallocations); and budget adjustment 20 25 35 1 (certifying revenue and the circuit court fund, which accompanied a new federal grant to the Third Circuit Court juvenile division).

Item 12—budget adjustment 20 25 35 0 48—was initially passed for the day because no one had appeared to speak to it. After the committee returned from a closed session and a procurement director joined remotely, the committee reconsidered item 12. The adjustment certified general-fund balance dollars, transferred $170,000 (split across divisions/lines) and included a $100,000 reallocation within non-departmental spending to allow the county to enter a contract with Trion Solutions for a one-time payroll review tied to 2024 payroll processing. Presenters described the Trion engagement as intended to be a single short-term review to identify and correct payroll errors and ensure collective-bargaining rules were followed.

The committee handled items 1–11 as a block to expedite routine reallocations; several items drew brief departmental presentations or questions during the meeting. The committee went into closed session later in the agenda and returned to the open meeting to consider item 12 after a remote presenter joined.

Votes at a glance

- Items 1–11 (moved by Commissioner Scott; supported by Commissioner Clemente): Approved by roll call—Scott: yes; Morecki: yes; Clemente: yes; Anderson: yes; Chair Kinloch: yes. - Item 12 (reconsidered later in the meeting): Motion moved and supported (mover/second not specified on the record); approved by voice vote.

The meeting adjourned after public comment closed and a final motion to adjourn passed.