The Marshall County Council on Dec. 29 approved three additional appropriations totaling $460,000 and a slate of intra‑fund transfers across county departments during a short special meeting.

The council approved three additions totaling $460,000: $400,000 for medical benefits/self‑insurance (referenced in the transcript as OXIANT/OxyContin Weekly), $55,000 to the Samaritan Fund and $5,000 for OXIANT TruRx Weekly. The motion to approve the three additions was moved and seconded and the Chair announced, “Motion carries.”

Why it matters: these year‑end adjustments move money between county lines to cover health insurance obligations, nonprofit assistance and program subscriptions cited in the meeting record. The transfers also reallocated payroll and operating dollars within the sheriff’s office and across multiple county funds, changing where expenses will be charged in the coming fiscal period.

Details of key transfers and votes
- Historical Society: the council approved an additional $1,000 for wages and clerical costs (line 4908) after a motion and second; the Chair announced the motion carried.
- Sheriff’s office: four intra‑fund transfers were approved reallocating overtime and other lines into detective sergeant, line sergeant, and patrol officer wages (amounts listed in the meeting record). The council approved the package of four transfers in a single motion.
- County legal services: a $6,000 transfer from other projects into legal services was approved.
- Plan Commission: a $420 transfer from wages (department head) into vehicle repairs was approved.
- Litt Special Purpose Fund: a $30,000 transfer from wages turnkey dispatcher into wages overtime was approved.
- MVH fund: the council approved seven listed transfers (including moves from wages and employer perf into group health insurance and subcontractor services) as a single package.
- MBH restricted fund: a transfer of $8,015.80 from paint into subcontractor services was approved.
- Auditors’ ineligible deduction fund: a $2,800 transfer from office supplies into contractual services was approved.
- Final stop‑loss adjustment: a $6,300 transfer from OXIANT TruRx Weekly into the stop‑loss premium within the medical benefits self‑insurance fund was approved.

All motions recorded in the transcript were moved, seconded and approved with the Chair calling the vote and announcing each motion carried. The meeting record shows council members making motions and seconds by name for several items (including Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Masterson, Mr. Patterson, Mr. Shattuck and Mr. Compton as noted on the record). There are no roll‑call tallies with individual yes/no entries in the transcript; approvals were announced orally as motions carried.

Public comment: the Chair opened public comment and none was offered.

The meeting concluded with brief end‑of‑year remarks and a motion to adjourn that the Chair closed, saying the council was finished for the year.

Votes at a glance: every motion recorded in the meeting transcript was announced by the Chair as carried; the transcript does not include a roll‑call vote record with individual yes/no votes.