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Putnam County corrects clerical budget error in sheriff's office funds

Putnam County Protective Services Committee · March 11, 2026

Summary

Sheriff Brian Hess told the Protective Services Committee that a grant payment was posted to building maintenance in error and the county will transfer it to the appropriate grant budget line; the transfer corrects an accounting placement, not a new appropriation.

Sheriff Brian Hess told the committee the fund transfer labeled 26T043 corrects a clerical error that placed grant money in a building maintenance line instead of the intended grant line. He described the item as an accounting correction rather than new spending.

The committee was informed this action is an internal correction of budget coding; no additional county liability was reported during the meeting.

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