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Carroll County finance director reports stronger revenues, outlines year-end budget amendment
Summary
Finance Director Alicia Searcy told the Board of Commissioners that Oct. 31 revenues rose to $24.69 million from $23.42 million a year earlier and outlined a final year‑end budget amendment that reallocates funds (not increases net budget) and shifts $1,392,000 in ARPA to a judicial grant; the amendment will be advertised and voted at a special meeting.
Finance Director Alicia Searcy presented the county’s Oct. 31 financial report to the Carroll County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 2, saying year‑to‑date revenues were $24,690,906 compared with $23,422,589 the prior year — about $1.2 million higher. She reported year‑to‑date expenses of $32,128,082 and general‑fund cash on hand of roughly $39 million, up from about $25 million a year earlier.
Searcy summarized SPLOST activity, noting $123,007.16 in administrative spending from the 2021 SPLOST, $669,006.33 on fire projects (including a new pumper from Sutton), and about $754,007.13 in public‑works expenditures (approximately $542,000 for LME projects). She said investment earnings and distributions (including $795,000 to a city and $1,000,008.32 for debt service) contributed to the county’s cash position.
As a next step, Searcy said staff will advertise a final year‑end budget amendment in the Times Georgian this week and schedule a vote at a special called meeting later in the month. The amendment, she said, does not increase the county’s overall budget but reallocates funding among five departments. She also said the county will reallocate $1,392,000 of American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funds from general government to the judicial department for an ARPA judicial grant and will adjust several special funds (sheriff’s narcotics, juvenile court supervision, jailhouse store and commissary, and sheriff special projects) to reflect updated revenues and expenses.
Searcy told commissioners that one federal grant recognized last year will not recur this fiscal year and that certain SPLOST payments to Balfour Beatty (about $3,827,446) and SPLOST revenues (noted in the 2015 and 2021 SPLOST summaries) are reflected in the department’s report. The finance director said staff will present the formal amendment for adoption after advertising and completing auditor reviews.
No formal vote was taken on the budget amendment at the Dec. 2 meeting; Searcy directed the board to the published advertisement and the upcoming special meeting for final action.
