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Barry County committee recommends modest increases for conservation, register of deeds and a clerk position; $150,000 transfer moved to contingency
Summary
Barry County commissioners in committee recommended targeted increases to the Proposed 2025 Budget — $15,000 for the county conservation appropriation, $4,092 for Register of Deeds operating lines and conversion of a part-time clerk to full time (approx. $40,000) — and removed a previously planned $150,000 transfer to the Public Safety Complex Construction Fund, placing the money in General Fund contingency.
The Barry County Board of Commissioners Committee of the Whole recommended a set of adjustments to the Proposed 2025 Budget on Aug. 20, 2024, including increases to conservation and register of deeds funding, conversion of a part-time clerk position to full time, and the elimination of a previously proposed $150,000 transfer to the Public Safety Complex Construction Fund.
The recommended changes came by consensus of commissioners during the meeting. Commissioners agreed to increase the Register of Deeds expenditure line items by a total of $4,092, raise the Soil Conservation appropriation by $15,000, and convert the part-time CPL Clerk position to a full-time Deputy Clerk, with an approximate General Fund expenditure increase of $40,000. The committee also directed that the previously recommended $150,000 General Fund transfer to the Public Safety Complex Construction Fund be eliminated and that those funds be placed instead in General Fund contingency. Administration was asked to adjust the Proposed 2025 Barry County Budget to reflect these decisions.
Why it matters: the adjustments affect staffing and local programs that touch recording services, conservation operations and general fund flexibility. The clerk position conversion would increase ongoing personnel costs; moving the $150,000 into contingency preserves county flexibility for other needs or later appropriation.
The recommendation for Budget Amendment 24-B was moved by Commissioner David Hatfield and seconded by Commissioner Mike Callton and carried with all present voting in favor (Ayes: all; Nays: none; Absent: Catherine Getty). The committee recorded the budget-appeal consensus as direction to administration rather than as a final appropriation; the changes will be incorporated into the proposed 2025 budget for formal consideration by the full Board of Commissioners at its regular meeting.
