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Commissioners approve auditor line-item transfers; proposal to move employee-appreciation funds for security building explained
Summary
The auditor presented line-item transfers and commissioners approved them. One commissioner explained he planned to transfer funds from an "employee appreciation" account (funded by metal sales, not tax dollars) to finance a small security building at a county storage area, citing theft concerns; the transcript records the proposed transfer amount in imprecise terms.
The auditor presented line-item transfer packets to the commissioners and asked for approval. Commissioners reviewed the documents and moved to approve the transfers by motion.
A commissioner explained that an "employee appreciation" account (funded by proceeds from selling removed culverts and not by tax dollars) had grown over the last three years and that he planned to transfer funds to build a security structure for the county's gravel and equipment storage area. He said proceeds from metal sales had grown the account to about $12,000 and that he intended to transfer approximately $9,500 toward a security building to reduce the balance while retaining funds for awards and retirements. "So I was gonna transfer, 9,000, $500 to a building... to put a security building on our little area where we store gravel and camp because we've had some corporates stolen out of there," he said.
The court approved the transfers by motion. The auditor and commissioners noted the funds are not derived from tax revenues but from equipment/metal sales; staff will execute the approved line-item transfers according to county accounting procedures.
