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Board approves interdepartmental vehicle transfers; health staff to seek budget amendment for vehicle purchase
Summary
Supervisors approved interdepartmental vehicle transfers and were told County staff will ask for a budget amendment so the auditor/health department can buy a 2024 GMC Sierra from Secondary Roads and pay county shares of equipment purchases; insurance proceeds on a totaled vehicle were cited ($10,600 expected after a $1,000 deductible).
The board debated a proposed budget amendment tied to county vehicle needs after a vehicle used by county staff was totaled in a mid-June deer crash. A county staff member explained the insurance settlement: "They allowed us $11,600, so we will be receiving a check for $10,600 for the vehicle," and proposed acquiring a used 2024 GMC Sierra from Secondary Roads that includes secure storage boxes and lights.
Supervisors discussed where the purchase money would come from and whether the vehicle should be transferred between departments. Staff said the county would request a budget amendment to cover the difference (roughly $8,000 estimated after considering insurance proceeds and savings from not buying an attachment estimated at about $12,000). The board approved an immediate motion to permit interdepartmental vehicle transfers while the formal budget amendment is prepared and will take the amendment up at a future public hearing.
