Glynn County finance committee approves two budget amendment resolutions; staff cites duplicate Hurricane Helene transfer

The Glynn County Finance Committee on Nov. 8 approved resolutions to amend the FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 budgets after staff described a duplicate budget entry tied to Hurricane Helene debris cleanup and ongoing year-end audit work.

Finance staff member Tamara Munson told the committee, "we are still processing the year end close. Our audit will not be completed until December." She said a duplicate budget transfer posted in December for Hurricane Helene expenses was found during the close and "it had been a duplicate budget transfer that was posted, so it was reversed." Munson said the resolution before the committee covers the vast majority of expected fourth-quarter adjustments but that the county may need to bring one more resolution after the audit is complete.

Committee members moved and seconded motions to adopt the amendments for the FY24-25 and FY25-26 budgets and approved them by voice vote; the transcript records the approvals but does not show a roll-call tally. The committee first pulled items 5 and 7 from the agenda for additional information before taking the individual votes.

The discussion clarified that the reversal was an internal correction of a duplicated budget posting rather than a new spending authorization. Munson said the original transfer had been posted to permit debris cleanup using emergency fund balance after board approval; an additional posting by another employee duplicated that entry and required reversal during the year-end reconciliation.

The committee approved both resolutions without recorded roll-call counts and moved on to the consent agenda. Finance staff indicated the county's external audit remains underway and that staff may return with further adjustments after audit completion.