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Davis County auditors report budget changes, opioid fund transfers and reclassifications that cut projected deficit
Summary
Auditor Curtis Koch reported adjustments that reduce the county's projected deficit (from $20M to $12.4M), including moving jail medical costs to Fund 52, transferring opioid settlement dollars to offset MAT and drug‑court shortfalls, reclassifying vehicles into a fleet fund and adjusting HR allocations; commissioners asked for more departmental outreach before final adoption.
Davis County Auditor Curtis Koch on Oct. 14 walked commissioners through a set of budget adjustments that he said reduced the county's projected deficit from roughly $20 million to about $12.4 million in the tentative budget. The discussion covered fund transfers, opioid funds, fleet reclassification and proposed changes to HR and administrative allocations.
Koch said the county transferred jail medical costs into Fund 52 (inmate services) to better align the expense with the service providing it. "We took the jail medical and we moved them to fund 52 inmate services," he said, describing that move as a significant…
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