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Benton County commissioners approve year-end transfers, airport grant budgets and write-off of $3,600 debt
Summary
The Benton County Commission approved multiple budget transfers and grant budget entries on June 15, 2020, including $125,892.88 for airport grant reimbursements, school insurance recovery of $30,000, a USDA commodity rebate of $29,869.37, and a $3,600.50 uncollectible debt write-off. Several sheriff and jail payroll reallocations were also authorized.
Benton County commissioners on June 15 approved a package of resolutions adjusting the county’s fiscal-year accounts to cover payroll shortfalls, budget in grant reimbursements and write off an uncollectible debt.
The commission voted 17 Ayes and 1 Pass to approve Resolution 20200615-02, which writes off an outstanding debt owed by Holland Craig in the amount of $3,600.50 and charges the balance to the General Fund unassigned fund balance. The roll-call tally was recorded in the minutes.
Commissioners also approved a series of transfers to cover year-end payroll and retirement withholding shortfalls. Resolution 20200615-05 moved $4,000 into the County Coroner/Medical Examiner budget to cover remaining fiscal-year expenses. Sheriff Kenny Christopher sponsored Resolution 20200615-06, a $5,700 transfer within the jail payroll to shift funds from a guards line to lieutenants and salary supplements; the item passed on a roll-call vote with all present voting Aye. Resolution 20200615-07 reallocated $40,500 within the Sheriff’s budget among deputies, sergeants, investigators and supplements to cover personnel costs; that motion also passed on a roll-call vote with all present voting Aye.
The commission approved transfers totaling $890 to ensure adequate retirement withholdings for multiple offices for the final pay period of the fiscal year (Resolution 20200615-08). Commissioners combined several resolutions and, where noted in the minutes, carried them on voice votes or roll-call votes as recorded.
The board budgeted $125,892.88 received from the State of Tennessee into Airport Fund 189 to cover outstanding invoices for a REILS & rotating beacon project and an obstruction survey (Resolution 20200615-09). Director of Schools Mark Florence sponsored two school-related budget amendments: Resolution 20200615-10 budgets $30,000 in insurance recovery for lightning damage to school systems (split between equipment and building improvements), and Resolution 20200615-11 budgets a USDA commodity rebate of $29,869.37 into the school food service account. Both school items were approved by the commission.
Sheriff’s Office revenue of $340 for May 2020 was also budgeted into the sheriff’s account lines (Resolution 20200615-12). Finally, the commission appropriated $6,000 from the unassigned fund balance in Fund 172 for two invoices from Community Development Partners, LLC related to the 2019 CDBG project (Resolution 20200615-13).
The actions were presented as routine fiscal housekeeping ahead of the end of the fiscal year; where votes were recorded the minutes show unanimous support or voice-vote approval. The meeting adjourned after approval of notaries and brief commissioner remarks about parks and local needs.
