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Brown County commissioners approve routine bills, budget corrections and amended resource certificate
Summary
The Brown County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved prior minutes, payment of bills totaling $151,812.53 in reported departmental charges and several small appropriation adjustments and supplemental appropriations to correct payroll entries in the county budgeting software; the board also recorded an amended certificate of estimated resources for 2026.
The Brown County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved routine meeting business on March 4, 2026, including the minutes from the prior regular meeting and a batch of bills for payment.
Commissioners recorded a departmental expenditures list with a reported grand total of $151,812.53. Noted line items included Job and Family Services $30,255.87; Sheriff $28,613.39; Maintenance $22,263.90; Commissioners $25,803.30; and Title $20,522.16.
The board also approved several Auditor-led adjustments to correct salary amounts entered in the county’s budgeting software (VIP Analytics). Auditor Jill Hall requested a $5,000 reduction to the Auditor Salary account (1000-I 001-51110) to correct 2026 budget entries; the board approved the decrease. Additional very small corrections were approved, including decreases of $0.25 to Sheriff Salary and $0.85 to Clerk of Courts Salary.
Separately, the board approved supplemental appropriations to address minor rounding or data-entry discrepancies in elected officials’ salaries: $0.62 to Commissioner Salary, $0.17 to Recorder Salary, $0.02 to Coroner Salary, $0.72 to Common Pleas Judge Salary, and $0.08 to Prosecutor Salary. A further supplemental appropriation of $0.04 was approved from the 2022 Real Estate Assessment Fund to correct the Real Estate Auditor Salary line.
The board recorded the Amended Official Certificate of Estimated Resources from the Office of the Budget Commission, which lists revised resource estimates for the fiscal year beginning Jan. 1, 2026, including a General Fund total of $32,090,440.37 and Special Revenue totaling $68,871,040.02.
All motions described above were moved, seconded and adopted by roll-call votes recorded as yeas from Barry L. Woodruff, Gordon Ellis and Tony Applegate.
The board adjourned the March 4 meeting following these actions; the meeting record shows approval signatures dated March 9, 2026.
