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Board records plan to cover Animal Care & Control shortfall; recommends $509,476 transfer and $239,000 loan forgiveness
Summary
Finance committee recommended actions to address Animal Care & Control’s fund balance, including forgiving loans totaling $239,000 and transferring $509,476.31 from the general fund to fill gaps created when budgeted money was not moved into the shelter fund.
County officials flagged a sizable shortfall in the Animal Care & Control fund and the Finance & Personnel Committee recommended actions to address it. The committee recorded two principal items: forgiveness of loans to the shelter totaling $239,000 and a one-time transfer of $509,476.31 from the general fund to cover budgeted amounts that were not actually moved into the Animal Care & Control fund.
County Administrator Jim Grafton noted the transfer would fill a gap created by prior bookkeeping/operational issues where budgeted funds were not transferred into the shelter account. The minutes state this is primarily a corrective accounting and cash-flow action; the recommendation was forwarded for Board consideration. No final Board appropriation vote is recorded in the Committee minutes for Jan. 14.
