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Supervisors demand clearer financial reports after votes to allocate quarterly budgets fail or are deferred
Summary
Multiple supervisors said they lack timely monthly financial reports and pressed for clearer quarterly allocation figures after the board declined or deferred allocations because exact dollar amounts were not provided by staff.
Several supervisors used the July 7 meeting to press for more timely and complete financial reporting from county staff after a string of votes in which motions to allocate quarterly funds were denied or deferred because figures were not available.
Supervisor 11 and other board members repeatedly asked for concrete dollar figures before approving quarterly allocations to departments. In one exchange, the board considered approval to allocate the sheriff's fourth‑quarter budget but the finance representative said she did not have the exact amount available at the table; the motion failed for lack of a precise figure and the supervisor who requested the motion said she would vote no until an amount was provided.
Supervisor 11 said the board had, in past years, approved major items without seeing supporting line‑item numbers and urged a change. “We are sitting here approving different things that we don't know the financial amounts,” the supervisor said, arguing the board needed a finance adviser and regular monthly reports. The county treasurer and other staff acknowledged some reporting gaps and said quarterly and monthly reports would be provided to the board in future meetings.
The board asked the county administrator and treasurer to provide reconciled cash balances, quarterly allocation amounts and department requests at the next meeting to ensure votes on allocations and purchases are informed by current ledger balances.
