May 11, 2004, 17:51
Tom Keevermid-year amendment of an elected official's budget
I would appreciate anyone's input on this. In particular, I am talking about the possibility of moving road and bridge funding from the budget of one ex officio road commissioner to the budget of another ex officio road commissioner.
May 12, 2004, 08:45
Scott BrumleyI think the AG has come down fairly clearly that the ex-officio commissioner's salary cannot be increased until adoption of the next budget. That reasoning should apply as fully to the mechanism of a budget transfer as to any other. As to shifting operational money, I suppose the pertinent question is whether you may consider the "transferee" ex-officio commissioner's operational budget "another budgeted item." If not, I think you'll have to figure out a way to characterize the situation as an "emergency" before any such amendment and concomitant expenditure can be made. And, by the way, it's a good day any time one can use the word "concomitant."