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Marion County committee approves budget cleanup, adds $25,000 to law-enforcement equipment fund and permits transfers for overtime
Summary
The committee approved a state-mandated budget cleanup ordinance, amended an appropriation to add $25,000 to a law-enforcement small-equipment fund (combining with an existing $25,000 for roughly $50,000 to buy vehicle computers) and approved an amendment allowing transfers within personal services to cover snow-related overtime.
At its meeting, the Marion County Quorum Court budget committee considered multiple budget ordinances and approved measures to address year-end deficits and specific law-enforcement equipment needs.
Speaker 1 introduced a cleanup ordinance intended to reallocate monies within several 2025 departmental budgets "to be reallocated to departments where deficits exist," describing the action as part of a state-mandated budget cleanup. The court enacted that cleanup ordinance by voice vote after the reading.
The committee then discussed a separate appropriation to add money to a law-enforcement small-equipment line.…
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