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Hamilton County commission considers a slate of budget, EMS and forensic contract actions
Summary
At its Feb. meeting the Hamilton County Commission reviewed and signaled support for multiple routine budget and contract resolutions, including school budget true-ups, bond-funded deferred-maintenance allocations, EMS grants (no local match), and equipment and vendor contracts for the medical examiner. Outcomes were routine; commissioners asked for spending detail on bond funds.
Hamilton County commissioners on Feb. 26 reviewed a package of routine budget and contract measures ranging from school budget adjustments to EMS grant acceptance and purchases for the medical examiner's office.
Many items were presented as housekeeping moves to align appropriations with final awards and encumbrances. Mary Ellen Houghton, chief financial officer for Hamilton County Schools, said federal increases in the schools’ federal projects fund were carryover Title I and II awards and that a recently awarded state teacher bonus came in as new revenue "and it was paid out to our teachers." Houghton said the district also reappropriated fund-balance money that had been used for a staff matching bonus and rolled forward encumbrances — including…
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