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Council approves routine appropriations and several transfers; one transfer recorded with abstention

Harrison County Council · February 23, 2026

Summary

Harrison County Council approved advertised appropriations for the circuit court clerk, salt purchases, motor vehicle highway contractual services and multiple transfers; a $30,000 transfer from a capital murder case drew one abstention by Councilwoman Jennie Capelle.

The council approved several advertised additional appropriations and transfers during its Feb. 23 meeting. Motions carried to approve $2,060 for contractual services in the circuit court clerk budget, $95,856 for salt in the local road & street fund, and $34,327.44 for contractual services in the motor vehicle highway fund.

Council members also approved a set of transfers under Public Law 54. Among them: $161.72 moved from office supplies to contractual services in the county general fund; $10,000 transferred to juvenile probation equipment from the chief probation officer line; and a $30,000 transfer from a capital murder case to contractual services in the commissioner budget (county share of riverboat fund). That $30,000 transfer passed 6‑0 with Councilwoman Jennie Capelle recorded as abstaining.

The meeting record shows the council acknowledged routine financial reports and approved archived meeting minutes before adjourning.

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