Monthly Appropriations, Sheriff’s Stipends Move Forward
The Budget & Finance Committee quickly ran through their short agenda on Tuesday, September 13, taking less than 10 minutes to unanimously pass monthly expenditures and approve recently legislated $5,000 stipends for Sheriff’s Department employees.
August Financials
County Treasurer Scott Sanson reported financials for August, 2022:
County General: $3,846,221
County Road: $2,989,596
County Road Sales Tax: $3,722,076
Animal Control: $1,415,418
Criminal Justice Sales Tax: $2,265,196
CARES Act Funds: $1,069,662
ARP Funds: $23,450,494
Sanson said August is “trending slightly below ’21 revenue” this time last year in the 7400 and 7600 series by about $225,000, but sales tax is coming in at 15.1% above August, 2021 and sits at 13.94% above 2021 year to date.
Sales tax for August: $1,183,201
With the County sitting “at 76% of projected revenue,” we’re a month ahead of the three-quarters point in the year, Sanson said. “We’re looking really good on sales tax and may be even be projected by somewhere close to a million dollars,” he explained.
Ordinance 22-40, Monthly Appropriations
After Sanson briefly explained that the Greenbrier school resource officers Ordinance passed last month required a clean-up (Section 4), the Committee unanimously approved the monthly appropriations Ordinance.
Ordinance 22-42, Sheriff’s Dept. Bonus
JP Matt Brown (R, Dist. 8) asked about the $193,770 amount in Section 1 and Sanson explained that the state would reimburse the County for the $5,000 mandated stipends. Sheriff’s Department Fiscal Officer Angie Wooley added that the Ordinance arranges the stipend amounts by the funds where each set of Sheriff’s employees are currently paid.
JPs were reminded that, while the State pays the Social Security amounts, the County must pay “retirement matching,” and they voted unanimously to pass the Ordinance.
With no public comments, the meeting was adjourned.
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