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Madison County board advances FY24 budget amendment after line‑by‑line review
Summary
County finance staff presented a targeted FY2024 amendment that increases spending across several departments (recorder's office insurance, ambulance costs, conservation projects) while projecting $496,841 in additional revenues and a net fund‑balance increase of $192,834; the public hearing closed with the amendment advanced.
Madison County supervisors heard a detailed presentation on the proposed FY2024 budget amendment during a public hearing on May 25.
Shelly, identified in the record as the budget examiner, told the board the amendment adds $10,000 to cover statutorily required medical exams, increases the ambulance budget by $33,207 (partly for MGADC costs and a Farmers Electric Cooperative grant), and raises the recorder’s office budget by $1,010,215 due to an insurance qualifying event. She also noted smaller adjustments across environmental health (+$489), public health (+$6,905) and economic development (+$15,016) and described $40,000 in conservation spending to be covered by donations and $38,325 in non‑departmental CDBG expenses.
Shelly summarized revenue offsets that will fund much of the change: “Additional treasurer’s office revenue, $300,000 — that’s for investment interest,” she said; she also listed $80,000 in additional sheriff’s office revenue (an SRO payment from I‑35 schools), $15,016 in economic development reimbursements and $62,500 in conservation donations. Shelly said the amendment shows total additional revenues of $496,841 and that the net change will increase the final fund balance by approximately $192,834.
Board members asked whether the grant revenue for items such as “stop‑the‑bleed” kits would appear before July 1; Shelly said the county will pay those costs first and be reimbursed after the grant revenue arrives. After no public comment, the board adjourned the public hearing and proceeded with the amendment process.
What happens next: the board moved to close the public hearing; the amendment will proceed through the county’s normal approval steps (the transcript records the public hearing adjournment but does not show the final accounting step for formal adoption within the meeting record).
