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Ross County commissioners approve year-end transfers, multiple appropriations and a balanced 2026 budget
Summary
The Ross County Commission approved a slate of year-end appropriations and contracts — including a $4.5 million park grant and a $720,000 water-line contract — and adopted a balanced 2026 budget projecting a roughly $79,000 surplus. Commissioners discussed rising foster-care costs and deadline pressures on ACGP and ARPA funds.
Ross County commissioners approved a series of year-end transfers, appropriations and contracts during their Dec. 29 meeting and adopted a 2026 budget the board described as balanced with a modest surplus.
Speaker 1 presented routine year-end accounting moves and line-item transfers, including a $100,000 transfer from the general fund to the law-enforcement corrections account and several smaller transfers for insurance and Medicare line items. The board voted by voice to approve those transfers.
The commission approved grant and appropriation items by voice vote, including a $342,104 appropriation for engineering projects funded by the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC), a $1,593,090 small-cities formula appropriation, and a $78,699.07 allocation for an opioid-abuse account. The board also approved a combined ACGP and SCBG…
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