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County finance staff outline second 2026 budget amendment including transfers from grant funds, fleet purchases and sheriff requests
Summary
Budget staff presented a second 2026 amendment with carryforwards, grant-funded position conversions, $2M fleet transfer for vehicle replacements, EV purchases funded partly by state grants, and a proposed sheriff lobby remodel; commissioners requested fee/revenue recovery plans before finalizing some items.
Adams County finance staff presented a proposed second amendment to the 2026 budget that bundles multiple department-level adjustments, grant-funded program additions, and transfers between funds. Mark Kluth, budget manager, said the amendment organizes carryforward projects, adds grant revenues and corresponding expenditures, and moves some positions from the social services grant fund to the general fund to meet compliance and auditing requirements.
Key items in the amendment include:
- Fleet and equipment: purchase of nine electric vehicles (EVs) with $262,000 in state grant support, a $58,000 general fund transfer and other fund offsets; purchase of three mini-excavators; and a $2,000,000 transfer from the road and bridge fund to fleet to cover price escalation on six tandem-axle dump trucks.
- IT: a large DocuSign/Contract Life-cycle Management implementation and licensing request and bulk computer replacements; staff described the CLM purchase as a multi-year governance and transparency improvement.
- Personnel funding realignment: multiple positions previously charged to the social services fund (because their work was initially grant-specific) were moved to the general fund where appropriate; project-designated positions funded by new state grants were also added in social services.
- Sheriff-related items: recognition of DNA lab revenue, Q1 overtime adjustments and a proposed $310,000 transfer for a sheriff's lobby remodel to support a new long-gun permit program enacted by state law. Commissioners asked for an amortized fee/revenue recovery plan tied to the permit program before fully committing capital funds; staff agreed to hold some transfers pending fee analysis.
Next steps: staff will present the amendment in a public hearing (scheduled July 21) and return with additional details requested by commissioners, including fee-recovery schedules for new permit-related costs and more precise project addresses for large code-enforcement cleanups. The amendment will be reflected in the county's public hearing packet and implemented if adopted.
