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Woods County commissioners agree to intra‑fund transfers to cover highway payroll and REAP reimbursements
Summary
The Woods County panel approved several internal budget transfers — including shifts to highway personal‑services accounts and a plan to front $75,000 from a REIT account to cover REAP grant reimbursements — with staff to implement the bookkeeping steps; one transcript figure for an ARPA transfer is garbled and needs verification.
Woods County commissioners on an unspecified date voted by voice to approve routine budget adjustments and to authorize an internal transfer to temporarily front funds for grant reimbursements.
Unidentified Speaker 1 presented acknowledgments of transfers to highway district personal‑services accounts, listing amounts of 14,415.12 and $14,515.11 for Highway District 1 and Highway District 2, respectively. The commission verbally acknowledged those transfers.
The board also heard an acknowledgment of a transfer described in the record as “from ARPA m and o to capital outlay.” The transcript records the amount as “$7003.31.31,” which appears garbled in the meeting record and could not be verified from the audio transcript. The speaker also referred to “46,594.39 from interest to the capital outlay.” The commission did not provide further clarification on the garbled figure during the meeting.
A separate discussion focused on a proposed transfer of $75,000 from a REIT account into the general building fund to pay OEEA/REAP grant reimbursements. Unidentified Speaker 3 described the intended bookkeeping flow: move the money from the REIT account into the general or refund account to cover reimbursements, accept reimbursement from the grant, then return the reimbursed funds to the refund account and reallocate as needed. After a motion was made and seconded, one participant said, “I'll take care of it then,” indicating a member or staffer would carry out the transfer; the transcript contains no roll‑call vote or detailed roll‑forward schedule.
The meeting also contained brief procedural business: a voice approval of the previous meeting minutes after the chair asked, “All in favor say aye?” and a recorded “Aye.” A short exchange referenced “local assistance and tribal consistency” and included an aside mentioning Purdue Pharmaceutical and opioid‑related concerns; that exchange did not result in action.
What happens next: according to the discussion, county staff will implement the approved bookkeeping steps to move funds as directed and to process reimbursements; the transcript does not include a follow‑up timetable or staff report date. The garbled ARPA transfer amount should be checked against the official minutes or the county’s accounting records for confirmation.
