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Franklin County Commission approves budget amendments for Highway, Sheriff and Solid Waste departments
Summary
The commission approved line-item budget amendments for the Highway Department, the Sheriff's Office and Solid Waste that reallocate existing funds and add reimbursements and equipment purchases; Chair Barry Moore emphasized the changes reallocate existing dollars rather than increase the overall budget.
The Franklin County Commission on May 18 approved a set of departmental budget amendments that shift line-item money and fund new equipment purchases while not increasing the county's overall budget, Chairman Barry Moore said.
The moves affect three departments: the Highway Department, the Sheriff's Office and Solid Waste. The Highway Department amendments included removing $40,000 from a motor-vehicle line and increasing the equipment line by $106,000 (bringing that line to $156,000) alongside increases to tires and tubes (+$7,420.76) and legal services (+$2,750). The commission approved the Highway amendments on a motion by Commissioner Joseph Baldwin, seconded by Commissioner Grayson Murray.
Sheriff Shannon Oliver presented budget revisions for the Sheriff's Office that added $28,858.77 to a reimbursed insurance-claims revenue line and adjusted motor-vehicle and equipment maintenance lines and communications-equipment repair. The commission approved those amendments on a motion by Commissioner Tracie Clark, seconded by Commissioner Grayson Murray.
Solid Waste Manager Gene Ward asked the commission to approve line-item changes that included recording $63,500 in revenue from the sale of county property and $169,196.08 in insurance reimbursements, and increasing the equipment line by $188,960.86 to cover new garbage trucks and related payments. "These budget amendments are to move funds around between line items; we are not increasing or decreasing funds," Chairman Barry Moore said when the Solid Waste package was presented. The Solid Waste amendments were approved on a motion by Commissioner Joseph Baldwin, seconded by Commissioner Greg Hovater.
The commission's actions were recorded as approvals of the requested line-item changes; departmental budget forms entered into the record list the specific line-item adjustments and revised line totals. The county administrator's office will incorporate the revisions into the FY2025-2026 budget ledger and publish the updated line-item totals in the next financial report.
The commission handled the votes and approvals during its regular May 18 meeting; no increase to the overall county budget was recorded in the meeting minutes, and members emphasized the changes represent reallocations and reimbursements rather than new appropriations.
