York County reopens 2025–26 budget, approves multiple authority adjustments and transfers

York County commissioners on June 23 approved a package of budget amendments and internal transfers to reconcile higher-than-expected expenditures in several county funds.

At a public hearing on reopening the 2025–26 budget, staff said two funds exceeded their previously authorized expenditures: administrative fees in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) fund related to an unexpected charge, and higher-than-projected EPC payments from the state institutions fund. The board opened and closed the hearing with no public comment and unanimously adopted a resolution to amend the current fiscal-year budget to authorize the additional expenditures.

Separately, staff outlined a series of internal general-fund budget-authority adjustments — primarily moving authority into function 622 (county court) to cover elevated court-appointed counsel costs — and the board approved a resolution transferring authority among multiple line items.

The meeting also authorized several funding transfers and journal entries: a $15,000 transfer from the inheritance fund to the aging (meals) program to cover a revenue shortfall, and a $75,000 transfer from inheritance into the reappraisal fund to help cover upcoming commercial reappraisal costs. Commissioners also approved a scheduled principal-and-interest payment of $843,572.50 due July 1 on the highway allocation bond.

Board members characterized the actions as routine fiscal housekeeping to ensure bills already paid or known obligations are properly authorized in the current fiscal year. All motions passed on roll-call votes with each commissioner voting yes.