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Commissioners weigh transfers from Road District 4, retirement changes and cuts to close budget gap
Summary
The commissioners discussed using proceeds in Road District 4, making internal transfers (about $1 million proposed), and several savings options including a 60-day hiring freeze, personnel reclassifications and TCDRS contribution adjustments; staff estimated the court remains roughly $4 million short of its fund-balance target without additional changes.
Nueces County commissioners spent much of the workshop evaluating options to reduce a projected shortfall in the general-fund balance, including transfers from Road District 4, reductions in planned transfers to other county funds and changes to retirement contribution formulas.
County legal counsel told the court Road District 4 is a legally distinct entity whose proceeds are generally restricted to roads within that district. “Technically speaking, it may be maintenance of a road that is attached to road district 4 roads,” the county attorney said, adding that abolishing the district would require legislative action and could expose the county to losing the fund balance to other allocations.
Staff proposed a package of budget offsets that includes $500,000 of Road…
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