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Callahan County commissioners approve year‑end budget adjustments, reinstate burn ban and adopt multiple purchases
Summary
At its Oct. 14 meeting, the Callahan County Commissioners Court approved year‑end budget cleanup items, reinstated a burn ban, adopted new RV‑park regulations, approved equipment purchases and financing, and authorized several records‑scanning contracts and bonds.
The Callahan County Commissioners Court met Oct. 14 and approved a slate of routine and administrative actions, including year‑end budget adjustments, a reinstated burn ban, adoption of recreational‑vehicle park regulations, and purchases and financing for road‑maintenance equipment.
County finance staff reported that every fund ran a surplus except ARPA, with the general fund showing a surplus of over $3,000,000 and tax collections exceeding the conservative budget assumption (staff said collections were over 97% compared with a 93% planning assumption). "The county's in good financial shape," finance staff said during the budget cleanup discussion; the court placed the budget adjustments on the consent agenda and approved them unanimously.
The court approved the consent agenda (authorized bills, payroll and the budget adjustments) and accepted the sheriff's report, which showed 20 inmates in custody across multiple counties and noted staffing vacancies…
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