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Gadsden County debates senior services funding shift amid contract and oversight concerns
Summary
Commissioners debated reallocating $40,000 and $25,000 in senior services funding from a county foundation to the Elder Affairs department; discussion centered on honoring existing contracts, whether county departments may allocate funds to third parties, and historical audit concerns for nonprofit operations.
A lengthy discussion and multiple votes at the Gadsden County Board focused on moving budgeted funds for senior services from the Gadsden County Senior Citizen Foundation into county Elder Affairs line items.
Staff presented agenda items to reallocate $40,000 and to move another $25,000 within the elder affairs budget so the county’s Elder Affairs department could operate those services. Commissioners questioned whether the county could change the prior agreement with the foundation without breaching a contract and whether departmental directors could allocate funds to third parties without board approval.
County Attorney advised at…
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