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Traill County approves payables, transfers $124, (approx)k into Road and Bridge fund and issues city refunds
Summary
The Traill County Commission approved routine payables and authorized transfers totaling $123,811.61 from inactive highway accounts into the Road and Bridge Fund, reallocated $11,345.71 in interest, and authorized refunds to four cities from unused 2025 funds.
The Traill County Commission on April 7 approved regular county payables and a series of transfers and refunds presented by County Auditor Heather Hovey.
On a motion by Commissioner Young, seconded by Commissioner Eblen, the board approved the Auditor’s warrants and the payable list, which included vendor payments such as Motorola Solutions for $57,258.52 and Code 4 Services Inc. for $37,954.86. Auditor Hovey then requested transfers from inactive highway accounts into the active Road and Bridge Fund: $95,397.22 from the old Farm‑to‑Market account, $28,591.41 from the old County Road account and a negative balance adjustment of $177.02 from the old Highway Distribution account; the Commission approved the transfers.
The Commission approved reallocation of $11,345.71 in interest that had been incorrectly deposited into the Capital Projects – Sheriff Vehicles account, directing those funds to Capital Projects – Road and Bridge. The board also authorized issuing refunds from unused 2025 budget funds to four cities: Mayville ($41,209.63), Hillsboro ($29,424.76), Portland ($11,448.16) and Hatton ($11,448.16).
Hovey sought guidance for the 2027 budget cycle and the Commission directed staff to use the 2026 budgets and cash on hand as a baseline, with a 20% increase applied to insurance premium line items. The Commission approved the requests by voice vote or unanimous motion, with no recorded dissent.
