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Hertford County approves two budget amendments, accepts $20,000 veterans grant and adopts February finance report
Summary
The Hertford County Board approved two FY2025-26 budget amendments to fund IT security, vehicle repairs and a final solid-waste loan payment, accepted a $20,000 NC veterans grant and approved its response to Financial Performance Indicators of Concern and the February 2026 finance report.
The Hertford County Board of Commissioners on April 6 approved two amendments to the fiscal year 2025-26 budget, accepted a $20,000 grant for the county veterans office and approved the county's response to Financial Performance Indicators of Concern and the February 2026 finance report.
Finance Director Sanethia Smith presented Amendment No. 18, which uses $75,000 in fund balance to pay for server and endpoint security, backup and recovery, and reallocates $2,239 in insurance claim proceeds to vehicle repair for a sheriff's department Ford. On a motion by Commissioner Ronald J. Gatling, seconded by Commissioner William F. Mitchell, the board approved the amendment.
Smith also presented Amendment No. 19 to cover a final solid-waste installment loan payment of $39,251; the board approved that amendment on a motion by Commissioner Gatling, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. In the same action the board accepted and appropriated a $20,000 grant award from the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for the Hertford County Veterans Office, a request presented by County Manager William Shanahan in the absence of Veterans Service Director Chad Stephens.
Smith reviewed the county's year-to-date revenues and expenditures through February 2026, noting revenue timing differences for sales and use taxes and intergovernmental receipts and higher-than-usual IT central-services expenditures tied to engagements for backup and security work. The board also approved the county's response to the Local Government Commission regarding Financial Performance Indicators of Concern.
During the regular session commissioners reminded the manager to observe the county's internal spending cutoff between April and mid-May as staff finalize year-end transactions. The board recessed later for a budget work session in which staff and commissioners discussed staffing needs, facility plans and continuing efforts to avoid a tax increase.
The board recorded the motions and seconds approving the amendments and the finance report; no roll-call vote tallies were provided in the meeting minutes. The county will post adopted budget ordinance amendments and the updated finance report to county records.
