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Freestone County staff recommend 2% contingency as budget shortfall identified
Summary
County budget staff recommended a 2% contingency, noting a roughly $65,700 shortfall when comparing revenues and expenses and asking commissioners to add about $73,238 to contingency to stabilize the draft budget.
Freestone County budget staff told officials during a budget review that the county should set contingency at 2% and add roughly $73,238 to the contingency line to cover uncertainties in the proposed budget. "The one thing I would ask y'all to approve is on contingency to to be at 2% you need to add $73,238," a staff member said while reviewing revenue and expense totals.
Staff summarized the headline figures as revenue minus expenses of $138,937 and said that after a 2% contingency the remaining variance would be about $65,699. The staff presentation named two large outstanding costs — an item listed as "Adams" and an animal-related expense — as the primary risks that could push the general fund further off target. Officials were also reminded that tax-rate adjustments cannot be adopted until the final, printed documents are complete, a procedural constraint officials said they must meet before formal adoption.
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