Scott County Commissioners approved a $618 intra-departmental transfer on Oct. 24 to cover an IT software expense and spent the rest of the meeting finalizing budget line items for 2026.

The board voted 6-0 on Resolution 2025-33 to move $618 from the countyIT equipment line to the IT software line within the general fund to make up the remaining balance for a planned $10,000 CDW purchase for extended Windows security licenses. "That remaining balance is to cover the $10,000 CDWG purchase for the extended Windows security licenses," Speaker 5 said during the discussion. Miller moved the measure and Collins seconded the motion; Speaker 1 announced the 6-0 vote.

Why it matters: commissioners reviewed more than a dozen departments and fund codes in detail and flagged several items that require follow-up before final adoption. Staff and elected officials were asked to reconcile the advertised appropriations with the salary ordinance to avoid line-item shortfalls, and several larger programsfrom EMS vehicle replacement to riverboat revenue allocationswere left with follow-up assignments.

Key details and items for follow-up

- IT transfer: The $618 move was to cover a shortfall in the software line after a prior transfer left the software account unable to absorb a $10,000 purchase. The motion passed unanimously.

- Salary ordinance mismatches: Commissioners repeatedly found small but material differences between amounts in the advertised budgets and the salary ordinance. Multiple offices (assessor, circuit court, recorder, veterans services and others) were asked to have staff verify the ordinance and the advertised totals and to report corrections in November or in January's adjustments.

- Veterans services salary discrepancy: Board members noted a discrepancy in the veteran service officer pay history and current salary lines and asked staff to research when and how the hourly/salary rate changed; the board did not change pay lines during the meeting.

- EMS and ambulance funding: Commissioners discussed ambulance loans and a rotation plan for vehicle replacement, agreed not to strip requested EMS funds and left capital-replacement timing to the department and commissioners to reconcile in early 2026.

- Riverboat revenue and pension funding: The board flagged roughly $90,000 needed for the sheriffpension share tied to riverboat receipts and agreed to revisit funding sources early next year when bond and other fund appropriations are available.

- Prosecutor and LIT-funded positions: Commissioners reconciled prosecutor salary lines across general, LIT and child-support funds and confirmed one lit-funded prosecutor position was set at $79,020 for 2026; staff will confirm cross-funded salary distributions.

What happens next: Staff were directed to check the salary ordinance against advertised appropriations, clarify the veteran service pay history, and provide corrected numbers and any necessary resolutions at the November meeting or as part of the January adjustments. No major new appropriations were adopted at this meeting beyond the approved transfer.

Meeting context: Commissioners walked through dozens of fund codes and salary lines during a sustained review of the 2026 budget. Most changes were arithmetic and line transfers intended to reconcile location budgets with the countysalary ordinance and to avoid negative lines; several items were deferred for more documentation or formal resolution at a later meeting.