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Commission approves $294,725 in FY2024 transfers to cover EMS, legal, coroner and sheriff costs
Summary
The Cusseta–Chattahoochee County Commission voted unanimously to adopt multiple reserve-to-operating transfers totaling $294,725 to cover shortfalls in EMS salaries, legal expenses, coroner pay and sheriff boarding costs. The transfers were presented as a single amendment and approved at the April 1 meeting.
The Commission of the Unified Government of Cusseta–Chattahoochee County approved a package of FY2024 budget transfers totaling $294,725 at its April 1 regular meeting. The amendment combined several reserve-to-operating transfers intended to cover personnel and operating shortfalls across county departments.
County Manager Thomas Weaver and the commission detailed the individual transfers included in the package: $275,000 moved to EMS salaries; $150,000 to general legal expenses; $200,000 to the sheriff’s boarding-of-prisoners line item; $30,000 for the coroner salary; and $6,000 for property tax reimbursement. The agenda materials list those resolutions individually and show the combined amendment amount as $294,725. Commissioner Timothy Biddle moved to approve the amendment and Commissioner Jason Frost seconded; the board recorded a unanimous vote.
Chairman Charles Coffey framed the transfers as necessary to close known operating gaps while the commission continues work on the FY2025 proposed budget: "This upcoming budget needs to be balanced," Coffey said during the meeting. County Manager Weaver and commissioners noted some capital requests may be shifted to SPLOST where appropriate to preserve general-fund capacity.
Next steps: the transfers were adopted as resolutions during the April 1 meeting and the commission will reconcile those line-item changes as part of ongoing budget work sessions and the May meeting record.
