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Ward County approves emergency budget amendments, boosts hospital pharmacy and sweep transfers
Summary
Ward County Commissioners unanimously approved emergency budget amendments Dec. 9, 2024, including a $50,000 Pharmacy Program allocation and a $40,000 transfer to an IGT/UPL sweep account, and recorded a $36,000 IGT sweep revenue/expense entry for hospital accounting.
Ward County Commissioners' Court unanimously approved emergency amendments to the county and hospital budgets at its Dec. 9, 2024 meeting. Commissioner Tino Sanchez moved to approve the package and Commissioner Larry Hanna seconded; the motion carried with all members present.
The amendment lists a $50,000 increase to the hospital "Pharmacy Program" (Account 3408) and a $40,000 increase to a "Transfer/I GT/UPL Sweep" account (Account 0000-7072), with corresponding expense transfers for repairs and sweep funds. The meeting record also shows a $36,000 increase recorded as both revenue and expense in the WMH IGT Sweep account to reflect sweep accounting tied to hospital funding.
The Court characterized the changes as responses to an "emergency" and a "grave public necessity" for funds not included in the original 2024 budget and approved the amendments by a unanimous vote. No public hearing was recorded in the minutes, and the motion as recorded did not specify additional conditions or a future review date.
The budget action appears in the official minutes as part of a broader multi-department package of line-item adjustments submitted to the Court during the meeting.
