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Council approves $70,000 internal transfer to Clerk of Superior Court for required training and travel
Summary
The Clerk of Superior Court requested a one-time reallocation of $70,000 from personnel (salary savings) to training and travel within her FY26-approved budget to cover required conferences and staff training; council approved the transfer after staff and council questions about vacancies and budget controls.
The Clerk of Superior Court asked council on May 12 to move $70,000 from personnel/salary-saving lines to training and travel within her existing FY26 budget. The clerk said she was not requesting new taxpayer dollars but needed to pay for required training and conferences that exceeded the office’s longstanding $2,000 training line.
The clerk said the office had not increased its training budget in years and that travel and professional development were necessary to maintain required skills and to operate newly implemented case-management systems. She also explained portions of the personnel appropriation were currently unspent because of turnover and vacancies; finance staff confirmed salary savings were available.
Council members asked whether moving salary savings would prevent hiring for vacant positions later; the clerk said salary savings represented amounts already realized from vacancies and that the request was a one-time FY26 reallocation. After questions about timing, recruitment and long-term budgeting, council approved the transfer by voice vote.
What happens next: Finance staff will process the intrabudget transfer and the clerk’s office will schedule the needed training. The clerk said she will include a revised training line-item request in next year’s budget to avoid future transfers.
