Commissioners OK year-end line-item transfers

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Scurry County commissioners approved more than $662,000 in year-end line-item transfers during their meeting Tuesday.
The large number of transfers drew the ire of County Auditor Angela Sanchez, who said that some of the transfers were to cover unanticipated cost increases, but many were a case of county department heads “spending like crazy.”
“We still have a lot of people who feel that just because they have money budgeted, they need to spend it,” Sanchez said.
Line-item transfers are budgeted funds that are moved from one budget line to another to balance the department’s budget.
Commissioners approved the following line-item transfers during their Tuesday meeting:
• $130 from road material and construction to communications in the Pct. 4 road and bridge budget to cover communications costs.
• $7,162 from elections and records to part time and communications in the county clerk’s budget to balance end-of-year lines.
• $23,720 from emergency management, postage, safety meeting, copier supplies, bookkeeping expenses, trapper’s salary, maintenance and repair and delta warning system to drug screening, appraisal district fees, communications, computer maintenance, software maintenance and medical insurance in the county auditor’s budget to balance end-of-year lines.
• $1,020 from contingencies to medical insurance in the county auditor’s budget to cover costs from Blue Cross/Blue Shield billing.
• $86 from court reporter to administration expense in the district judge’s budget to balance end-of-year lines.
• $1,162 from court reporter to jury expense in the district judge’s budget to balance end-of-year lines.
• $185 from court reporter to jury expense in the district judge’s budget to balance end-of-year lines.
• $5 from travel expense to office supplies in the district clerk’s budget to resolve end-of-year budget conflicts.
• $250 from education and training to communication in the district clerk’s budget to pay for increased telephone and fax bill.
• $1,140 from equipment to bonds and notary seals in the district clerk’s budget to cover increased bond costs.
• $500 from equipment, more than $1,000, to equipment, less than $500, in the district clerk’s office to purchase chairs out of the correct budget line.
• $74 from education and training to communications in the district court reporter’s budget to cover increased telephone costs.
• $574 from liability insurance, maintenance and law books to education and training and communications in the county attorney’s budget to balance end-of-year budget lines.
 •$1 from investigative expenses to fuel and oil in the district attorney’s budget to balance end-of-year lines.
• $45 from maintenance and repair to postage in the county tax collector’s office to cover increased postage costs.
• $15,500 from education and training and doctor medical fees to clothing allowance, operating supplies and food in the county jail budget to cover the cost of replacing uniforms and correct a budget typographical error.
• $2,000 from doctor medical fees to food in the county jail budget to provide for increased costs for additional inmate housing.
• $3,200 from fuel and oil to operating supplies and utilities in the sheriff’s office budget to cover the cost of needed additional supplies.
• $5,500 from maintenance and repair to operating supplies, utilities and other equipment in the sheriff’s office budget.
• $240 from other equipment to office supplies in the juvenile probation STAR program budget to adjust for year-end balances.
• $4,865 from education and training, equipment and residential to non-residential and audit expenses in the juvenile probation budget to adjust for year-end balances.
• $452 from lab fees and maintenance and repairs to education and training and maintenance agreement in the county health unit budget to complete year-end balances.
• $390 from utilities to communications in the county health unit budget to complete year-end balances.
• $2,000 from drug expenditures to funerals in the county welfare budget.
• $3,109 from education and training, equipment, ground supplies, other equipment and office supplies to new books to cover year-end invoices.
• $2,400 from food to part-time in the county senior center budget to balance line items.
• $190 from FCS demonstration to travel and extension agent dues in the county extension service budget to finish out the remainder of the year’s expenses.
• $2,500 from road materials and construction to equipment in the Pct. 1 road and bridge department budget to cover the cost of needed equipment.
• $100 from non-travel meals to communication in the Pct. 2 road and bridge department budget to cover increased communication expenses.
• $24,500 from fuel and oil to doors and cameras and CAT maintainer in the Pct. 2 road and bridge department budget to balance line items.
• $286 from road material to equipment in the Pct. 2 road and bridge department to cover insufficient equipment funds.
• $41,660 from fuel and oil and road materials to education and training, safety training, maintenance ad repair and operating supplies in the Pct. 3 road and bridge department budget to balance lines and cover the cost of equipment repairs.
• $9,210 from ground supplies, lease and rentals, part-time services and contract services to office supplies, food and concessions, operating supplies and expenses, cellular services and utilities in the county golf course budget to balance line items.
• $114 from utilities to food and concessions, operating supplies, communications and ground supplies in the county golf course budget to balance line items.
• $29,190 from capital expenditures, clothing allowance, office supplies, safety training, tire expense and education and training to contract labor, equipment, fuel and oil, professional services, operating supplies, communications, travel, maintenance and repair, maintenance agreements and dues in the county EMS budget to balance line items.
• $118 from utilities to communications in the county health unit budget to balance line items.
• $356 from drug expenses to funeral expenses in the county welfare budget to balance line items.
• $71,407 from county clerk general payroll, juvenile probation general payroll, library part-time and youth center general payroll to county attorney general payroll, district attorney state supplement, district attorney general payroll, auditor’s general payroll, internet technology department head, maintenance department head, jail general payroll, sheriff’s office general payroll, STAR general payroll, adult probation general payroll, health unit general payroll, county welfare department head, youth center department head, parks department head, parks general payroll and golf course department head in the county auditor’s budget to balance line items.
• $10,821 from commissioners court Social Security, county clerk Social Security, district clerk Social Security, maintenance Social Security, sheriff’s office Social Security, library Social Security and senior center social security to county judge Social Security, jail Social Security, STAR program Social Security, adult probation Social Security and county welfare Social security in the county auditor’s budget to balance line items.
• $16,755 from maintenance retirement, sheriff’s office retirement, library retirement, senior center retirement and parks retirement to salary supplement, county attorney retirement, auditor retirement, internet technology retirement, jail retirement, STAR retirement, juvenile probation retirement, health unit retirement and golf course retirement in the county auditor’s budget to balance line items.
• $477 from library worker’s comp to STAR worker’s comp, juvenile probation worker’s comp and juvenile probation unemployment to balance line items.
• $348,019 from senior center general payroll, parks part time, Pct. 2 general payroll, Pct 3 general payroll, Pct 4 general payroll, airport general payroll, EMS general payroll, county clerk medical insurance and STAR medical insurance to commissioners court medical insurance, district court medical insurance, district clerk medical insurance, Pct. 1 justice of the peace medical insurance, court reporter medical insurance, county attorney medical insurance, district attorney medical insurance, county auditor medical insurance, county treasurer medical insurance, county tax collector medical insurance, internet technology medical insurance, maintenance medical insurance, county jail medical insurance, DPS medical insurance, county welfare medical insurance, library medical insurance, senior center medical insurance, youth center medical insurance, parks medical insurance, extension service medical insurance, Pct. 1 medical insurance and golf course medical insurance in the county auditor’s budget to balance line items.