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County staff flag coding and contract-service discrepancies in draft budgets
Summary
Commissioners and staff noted uncertain charges coded to account 334 and other fluctuating service lines; staff said they will check with finance (Wendy) and Black Mountain access to reconcile contract services and travel codes.
During the budget review commissioners and staff flagged inconsistent coding and large fluctuations in contract-service and professional-services lines across draft budgets.
Participants questioned what was being charged to account 334 (described in the packet as tax law and other services) and said amounts in that line swung from $6,000 to $43,000 in different years. The superintendent said she lacks access to the county’s Black Mountain system and would check with finance staff: "I'm going to check those two because I'm not sure," she said about postage and printing lines. Commissioners asked staff to reconcile training, travel and contract-service coding so totals reflect the correct categories before finalizing budgets.
The commissioners did not take formal action at the session beyond directing staff to follow up with finance and to provide corrected pages once line-item coding is clarified.
