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Commissioners Question '1400' Building Account After Discrepancy in Repair vs. Personnel Costs
Summary
During a Nueces County budget workshop, commissioners pressed Public Works on why department 1400 shows roughly $224,000 in the proposed budget while only about $90,500 appears to be assigned to repairs and direct services, prompting staff to review cross-coding across building accounts.
Nueces County commissioners pressed Public Works staff at a budget workshop about how building-maintenance costs are coded after noticing what one commissioner called, “something wrong with this picture.” The court discussed department 1400 (general courthouse building upkeep), how its line items relate to other building accounts and whether salary and benefit costs are being shown in separate departments rather than inside 1400 itself.
County staff said 1400 historically held many contracts and inventory purchases (elevators, HVAC maintenance, general…
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