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Finance committee forwards auditor's budget amendments after $73,763 shortfall
Summary
Nelsonville's finance committee voted unanimously to send the auditor's revised appropriations—cutting $73,763.88 from the general fund—to full council and to the County Budget Commission; the auditor said the reductions were needed after an expected certificate of estimated resources was not provided.
The Nelsonville Finance Committee voted unanimously to forward the auditor's proposed adjustments to the general fund, trimming $73,763.88 from the spending plan to close a revenue documentation gap.
The auditor told the committee that an expectation that Athens County would provide the certificate of estimated resources did not materialize, forcing the change. "I had to make these adjustments because I thought I could submit as is for the certificate of estimated resources and that Athens County would provide that to me," the auditor said, noting the total reduction of $73,763.88.
To close the gap, the auditor said they prorated and removed several salary lines from the general fund (their own partial-year salary, a prorated city manager salary and a prorated grant-writer line). The auditor also said $48,000 in litigation costs previously budgeted in the general fund may be reallocated to the water and sewer funds, pending confirmation that such a reallocation is permissible.
The auditor described a correction to the capital improvement figures as well: a previously carried-over $251,000 in "other sources" from the prior administration did not exist in the 2024 capital fund balance, and after adjustment the capital improvement fund now fully covers $164,000 in amended appropriations.
A motion to forward the auditor's recommended adjustments to full council was moved and seconded; the committee voted three in favor, none opposed. The auditor said, following the committee approval, they would send the amended appropriations to the County Budget Commission.
The committee's action does not itself adopt the amendments; it forwards the recommendation to the full council and to the county commission for final processing. The council may consider the amendment at its next meeting.
