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Budget board defers $2.3M in jail transfers after trustees and public raise transparency concerns; motion to begin trust dissolution moves forward
Summary
Oklahoma County budget board members deferred action on roughly $2.3 million in recommended transfers to the county jail trust after trustees and public commenters described inconsistent financial information and urged more documentation; the board also voted to initiate the process asking county commissioners to pursue dissolution of the Oklahoma County Jail Trust.
The Oklahoma County Budget Board on March 11 deferred a plan to transfer roughly $2.3 million from the general fund reserve to the county jail trust after trustees, board members and a prolonged public comment period said they had not received consistent, itemized financial information.
Cody Compton, speaking for the Budget Evaluation Team, outlined the recommendation and said the package of transfers in items 40 and 41 totaled $2,326,000; combined with previously approved settlement dollars the total increase to the jail for the fiscal year would be $2,654,713. "That is the combination of our recommendations in items 40 and 41," Compton said, and he told the board BET supported the transfer by a majority vote though not unanimously.
Board members pressed trustees and jail finance staff for a…
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