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Ripley County Council approves transfers and multiple additional appropriations
Summary
At its April 20 meeting, the Ripley County Council approved a series of budget transfers and additional appropriations — including funding for a bridge professional services contract, comprehensive-plan work and courthouse/court-services items — by unanimous recorded motions (seven yes votes each).
Ripley County Council President Ron Decker opened the April 20 meeting and the council quickly approved a series of transfers and additional appropriations to cover advertising, planning, bridge work and a range of court-services and park needs.
The council voted on several separate motions, each recorded as passing with seven yes votes. Councilman David Tebbing moved to approve the March 16, 2026 minutes, a motion seconded by Peg Ehlers and adopted 7–0. The body then approved a $644 transfer to cover advertising in Area Planning (fund codes 1001.32600.00000.0015 → 1001.32900.00000.0015), motioned by Diane Macek and seconded by Stan Wiedeman.
Votes at a glance: the council recorded unanimous 7–0 approvals on a sequence of budget items, including:
- $900 (fund 1219.36106.00000.0050) reimbursing Ripley County 4‑H for a horse-stall tear-down (moved by David Tebbing, seconded by Andrew Decker).
- $48,101.45 (fund 1112.37800.00000.0018) for Comprehensive Plan contractual services under the Auditor’s budget (moved by Andrew Decker, seconded by Stan Wiedeman).
- $90,700 (fund 1135.43285.00000.0033) for professional services on the Cum Cave Hill Bridge/Bridge 9 project (moved by Peg Ehlers, seconded by Diane Macek).
- $1,500 (fund 1237.32395.00000.0000) in Opioid‑restricted funds for Court Services professional services to pay a CADS coordinator (moved by Diane Macek, seconded by Andrew Decker).
- $5,000 (fund 1237.43800.00000.0000) for furniture and fixtures for a reentry specialist’s new office space at the Ripley County Jail (moved by Stan Wiedeman, seconded by Stephanie Back).
- A $1.00 correction to Project Income for an Adult Probation officer (fund 1122.18504.00000.0000) (moved by Andrew Decker, seconded by Stephanie Back).
- Multiple small Community Corrections grant adjustments totaling $340.80 across several lines (funds 9194.*), each approved in separate motions with recorded 7–0 outcomes.
Why it matters: the transfers and appropriations fund ongoing county operations and capital work, including a large professional-services engagement for a county bridge project and expenditures tied to court‑services and reentry work that affect service delivery and compliance with grant restrictions.
Council members followed standard procedure in moving and seconding each item; recorded votes were uniformly recorded as seven yes votes on each motion. The transcript contains the fund codes and amounts above; no motions failed or were tabled at this meeting.
What’s next: the appropriations and transfers take effect as budget adjustments once recorded in county accounting; the transcript does not record any additional conditions or follow-up assignments for these items.
