Lifetime Citizen Portal Access — AI Briefings, Alerts & Unlimited Follows
Mitchell County meeting approves transfer to correct mental health fund rounding error
Loading...
Summary
At a brief Mitchell County meeting on Feb. 27, members approved Resolution 13 50 26 to transfer funds within the county mental health account to correct a rounding anomaly that produced a negative balance; staff said they will wait for their accounting support to complete the steps Monday.
Mitchell County meeting participants voted to approve Resolution 13 50 26 on Friday, Feb. 27, authorizing a transfer to correct a rounding discrepancy in the county’s mental health account.
A committee member explained that the county's accounting system handled fractional cents in a way that left a one-cent balance in the mental health fund and caused the ledger to show a negative dollar figure. "So there's that penny that was in the mental health... we did a claim for it," the committee member said, describing a plan to redeem the warrant, reverse the entry and record the change as a transfer so the penny would not appear as a negative balance.
The move to approve the resolution was formalized when the same committee member said, "I move to approve resolution 13 50 26 for the mental health fund transfer," and the Chair seconded the motion. The meeting recorded affirmative responses for Pam, Mark, Todd and Jim; one member, Sydney, was noted as not present. The Chair declared the motion passed.
Officials said they planned to wait for the county's accounting support person from the 'Solutions' team to return on Monday before completing the bookkeeping steps. The committee member characterized the situation as minor, saying, "It's kinda silly," while noting the transfer will make the ledger correct.
The meeting also approved the agenda at the start of the session and adjourned at 1:04 p.m. after covering the listed items.
