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Ellettsville council approves a slate of budget transfers and supplemental appropriations
Summary
At its July 27 meeting the Ellettsville Town Council approved multiple resolutions moving restricted funds, covering grant matches and funding overtime and professional services. Key votes included Community Crossings grant matching, clerk and department supplemental appropriations, and public-safety funding, all passed by roll call.
The Ellettsville Town Council on July 27 approved several resolutions moving restricted funds and adopting department supplemental appropriations intended to cover grant matches, professional services and overtime costs.
Clerk (S3) told the council Resolution 13-20-26 would transfer $29,566.82 from MVH-restricted funds into the local roads and bridge matching fund to pay the town’s portion of a Community Crossings matching grant; the measure passed on roll call. The clerk summarized Resolution 14-20-26 as a $101,767 package covering $59,000 for Baker Tilly professional services, $9,142 to cover an increased Monroe County Animal Control contract, roughly $27,300 to a communications contract with Fields and Company, and $6,325 for server updates split with DPW. Council approved the appropriation by roll call.
The DPW item discussed initially as $35,000 was clarified later in the meeting as $147,834.09, representing grant funds flowing through the fund to pay for street work and in-house paving; that resolution also passed. Fire and police supplemental appropriations also won approval: the fire department requested roughly $52,000–$53,000 to replenish overtime while vacant positions are filled, and the police appropriation was listed at $111,301.40 to be paid from the LIT public safety fund, not the general fund. The council approved both measures by roll call.
The council recorded each motion and vote on the public record. Clerk (S3) noted healthy cash reserves in some funds while assuring the transfers would not endanger required balances. The agenda also included transfers within the police budget (for uniforms, testing, radar and building maintenance) and other housekeeping actions that the council approved in sequence.
Votes recorded (summary): - Resolution 13-20-26 (Community Crossings match): passed (roll call) - Resolution 14-20-26 (Clerk dept additions, ~$101,767): passed - Resolution 15-20-26 (DPW appropriation; clarified total $147,834.09): passed - Resolution 16-20-26 (Fire overtime addition, ~$52–53k): passed - Resolution 17-20-26 (Police addition, $111,301.40, LIT public safety fund): passed - Resolution 18-20-26 (Planning appropriations, $65,127): passed
The council moved through the financial business without amendment and adjourned after routine comments.
