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Fiscal court approves interfund transfers and hears first readings for CDBG pharmacy and Safe Routes grants
Summary
The court approved several interfund cash transfers and heard first readings for budget amendments: a $684,000 CDBG pass-through for Triad Health Systems Pharmacy and a $40,000 increase for a Safe Routes to School grant; transfers and first readings were approved or advanced for later formal adoption.
Gallatin County’s fiscal court on Nov. 12 approved multiple interfund cash transfers and took first readings on two budget amendments tied to grant funding.
County staff reported interfund movement that included a $65,000 transfer from the LGEA fund to ambulance services, $15,000 from wireless to 911, $25,000 from general to jail (some discussion described totals differently in the record), and a $20,000 transfer from general to 911. Court members asked clarifying questions and approved the transfers by voice vote.
Staff also presented a first reading of an amendment to Budget Ordinance 111,224 to accept a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) pass-through of $684,000 designated for Triad Health Systems Pharmacy. Speaker 5 explained that new revenue and expenditure lines were created in the LGEA fund to process the passthrough and that the LGEA had reviewed the accounts; the court recorded the item as a first reading.
A separate first reading (Amendment 5) was presented to accept an additional $40,000 award for a Safe Routes to School program applied for by Sherry Broadart (the transcript also references a larger total award of about $120,000). Accounts were created for the revenue and expenditure lines and staff said they will formally bring amendments into the budget as funds are received.
No final budget adoptions were completed at this meeting for either grant; both matters were advanced for later formal action under standard first/second-reading procedure. Court members asked for additional detail on account coding and timing before final adoption.
Clerk and staff said other routine items — monthly bills and fund/cash statements — were approved during the meeting.
The court did not appropriate the full grant funds during this session; both items remain subject to further formal readings and appropriation procedures.
