Board authorizes routine bill payments, explores ACH utilities and CD reinvestment

Ballard County commissioners moved to authorize routine payments and discussed short-term cash-management steps during the meeting.

Speaker 6 asked the board to approve transfers and to 'pay those bills as they come in,' and noted the possibility of paying some utilities via ACH to avoid late payments. The board recorded a motion and second to approve bill payments.

Speaker 6 also said a certificate of deposit (CD) was maturing on the 13th and proposed adding excess occupational tax revenue to increase interest earnings on the reinvested CD. Board members discussed how much to add and agreed conceptually that adding funds was appropriate.

On payroll management, Speaker 6 relayed auditors' advice to maintain a buffer in payroll accounts to accommodate monthly fluctuation and proposed creating a payroll hub with limited access so authorized staff can oversee payroll reconciliation electronically. Board members asked for further planning to implement the hub.

The meeting transcript records motions and approvals for bill payment authority and conceptual agreement on reinvestment and payroll buffering; no specific dollar amounts for reinvestment or the payroll buffer were finalized in the public record.