Albany County committee approves 2025 year‑end accounting adjustments and budget title changes for 2026

The Albany County Audit & Finance Committee approved countywide adjustments to the adopted 2025 budget and a set of budget‑neutral administrative changes to the 2026 budget on March 21.

The county controller (name not stated in the transcript) told the committee the controller’s office “successfully closed the books and records on Saturday, March 21, 2026” and submitted a report identifying negative lines where legislative approval of adjustments is required to close out 2025. The committee moved and approved the requested year‑end adjustments unanimously.

The committee also approved amendments to the 2026 controller’s budget to replace outdated job titles — for example replacing a “clerical aid” title with “office assistant one” and reclassifying an “associate operations supervisor” to “director of fiscal operations” — which the presenter said are budget neutral. Later, a separate amendment aligning employees’ working titles with civil service titles was presented as a correction of long‑standing “title drift”; members approved that amendment as well.

Committee members asked routine clarifying questions; the controller offered to provide follow‑up detail by email when members requested exact comparative figures. No dissenting votes were recorded for these items.

The committee moved on to other agenda items following the approvals.