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

Mar 11, 2026

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.

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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.

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