Louisa County board creates segregated forfeiture fund, moves county attorney forfeitures

The Chair of the Louisa County board moved and the board approved a resolution to establish a segregated forfeiture fund and transfer county attorney forfeiture proceeds out of the general fund. The board voted by voice to adopt Resolution 202617; the Chair said the current balance earmarked for the new fund is $1,381.70.

The Chair said the county discovered prior accounting had not consistently segregated forfeiture or related funds and described the vote as a housekeeping step to correct that. “So Not just us, though. Back when we had the last fiscal difficulties a few years ago, we noticed that the delinquent buying collection fund was supposed to be segregated, and it wasn't,” the Chair said. He added, “once FEMA ground has been bought by the federal government, it's federal government's property. We can't sell it. But there's ... a way of navigating this and trying it” when discussing related property matters later in the meeting.

Board members then approved a related coding change under Resolution 202618 to move an existing code from a dental fund into the new county attorney state forfeiture fund. The Chair emphasized staff should ensure federal fund balances are respected before spending and noted the transfers are intended to centralize forfeiture receipts rather than increase available discretionary spending.

Next steps: county staff will implement the new line item and transfer the identified balance from the general fund into the forfeiture fund. The board did not set a separate public hearing or additional conditions in the meeting record.