Committee advances 26/27 budget and winter tax-rate resolution to full board and approves budget amendments

Finance Director Alyssa presented the monthly financial reports through August and briefed the committee on revenue and expenditure items that require adjustments, including lower-than-expected interest revenue that the controller and finance staff explained will be recategorized across dedicated funds. "We had to change how we did our interests...so we're moving it out of a general fund category and then recategorize it back to the special revenue fund," staff explained.

Alyssa outlined several budget amendments including county clerk election reimbursements, adjustments to interest revenue accounting, construction-code permit revenue acknowledgement, and using remaining ARPA federal funds to cover eligible expenses tied to Bank Intercounty Drain. Commissioners moved and supported the set of amendments and the committee voted to forward the 26/27 Eaton County budget and winter tax-rate resolution (L-4029) to the full board; staff said the attachments are the same as those moved from committee to the public hearing.