Budget committee approves broad slate of transfers and resolutions; votes at a glance

The Williamson County Budget Committee on May 4 approved a series of budget transfers and resolutions, carrying most measures by unanimous voice votes.

The committee approved routine transfers for county departments, including a $700 transfer for judges’ communications, a $1,504,000 reclassification in property management, multiple sheriff’s department reclassifications (including $52,000 to tactical and $31,000 to uniforms), and a $3,000 reallocation for the county animal center.

On formal appropriations, the committee approved an intent-to-fund reallocation of $659,848 to pay for four special-education growth buses; a roughly $5.5 million request for school capital needs (asphalt, roofs and turf); a $15.893 million school security and technology request; a $100,000 appropriation for courthouse planning and site work; and a $1,000,000 amendment to the solid-waste budget for winter-storm Fern recovery.

Other approvals included a $29,067.50 library appropriation funded by donations, a series of smaller…