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Committee recommends approval of $2,572,028.80 in June claims and a slate of budget amendments

Chippewa County Board of Commissioners' Finance, Claims and Accounts Committee · March 1, 2026
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Summary

The committee recommended approval of June county claims and payroll totaling $2,572,028.80 and approved budget amendments including increased marijuana-tax revenue, Stonegarden reimbursements and several Sheriff Office expenditure adjustments; the minutes note one abstention.

The Finance, Claims and Accounts Committee recommended approval of June county claims and payroll at the July 15 meeting, with totals recorded in the minutes as: general claims $528,331.58; other fund claims $1,416,482.44; payroll $627,214.78; Health Department claims $184,071.62; and Health Department payroll $147,422.43 — total claims $2,572,028.80. The committee also voted to approve the beginning fund balance for audit and a series of budget amendments that adjust revenues and expenditures across general and special funds.

Recorded amendments include an increase to projected marijuana tax revenue (from $300,000 to $349,371.96), additions to sheriff office revenue lines including a marine revenue and reimbursement lines, and increases in special funds such as a $70,000 rise in Stonegarden reimbursement revenue and planned vehicle and equipment expenditures. The motion to approve claims, fund-balance audit items and the listed amendments was moved by Commissioner Jim Martin and supported by Commissioner Jim Traynor; minutes record the motion carried on a voice vote with Commissioner Damon Lieurance abstaining from the count noted (4–0, Lieurance abstained).