Council approves budget adjustments, taser updates, audit fees and equipment transfers

The Porter County Council approved a set of budget adjustments and equipment-related transfers at the meeting, including a maintenance/upgrade appropriation for a Nimble storage server, funds to update tasers, audit and tax-sale fee appropriations, and transfers for additional motor-vehicle purchases.

Chair (S1) introduced the Nimble storage maintenance appropriation (numbers read in the meeting transcript) and the council moved and approved the item by roll call. The clerk (S4) read multiple line items during a second reading of budget adjustments for the 2025 budget, including: local roads & streets contractual $10,250; audit fund other charges and services $99,891.60; tax sale fees contractual service $28,200; 9-0-1 surcharge maintenance agreement $13,972.49; 8-key responder plan $10,000; and clerk's archive office supplies $750. The council approved the second reading by roll call.

Chair (S1) also described a transfer of $30,000 from overtime to lease-purchase expense to cover taser updates and a separate motor-vehicle transfer to cover an additional vehicle; staff (S3) confirmed overtime reimbursements had been used to manage costs and the transfers were approved. Clerk (S4) recorded the votes where roll calls were held; otherwise the items passed by voice votes after motions and seconds.

These adjustments were presented as part of routine end-of-year budget housekeeping and one-time equipment upgrades; the council did not identify outside approvals for these items in the transcript.