Garland County quorum court decisions

The Garland County quorum court met last Monday night approving the following ordinances by consensus.
Appropriation ordinance O-10-34
This ordinance was spurred by legislative audit requirements transferring funds from one fund to another. This particular transfer involved $232,600 necessary to provide for the U.S. Department of Energy block grant funds. The funds must be spent before the federal government will reimburse the county. The funds were transferred from the OMH sale fund to the energy block grant fund.
Appropriation ordinance O-10-35
This ordinance moves $30.000 from the Garland County detention center M & O fund to the Garland County detention center M & O fund budget. The funds will implement GPS electronic monitoring from sentencing options specialists.
Appropriation ordinance O-10-36
APERMA insurance paid for damages to the boat motors of the 24-foot Boston Whaler owned by Garland County. The funds were put in the general fund. The ordinance moves $13,082.40 from the general fund to the Sheriff’s Department repair and maintenance fund.
Appropriation ordinance O-10-37
This ordinance transfers $5,000 from the tax collector’s automation fund to the tax collector’s automation fund budget for computer classes for county employees.
Appropriation ordinance O-10-38
The ordinance allocates $12,990 transferred from various funds to pay for a part time employee in the circuit court division II. The part time funding will merge with the existing part timer personnel to create a full time employee, a deputy circuit clerk. The money will be used as follows, current part-time allocation $6,495, salaries full time $3,446, social security $264, retirement $430, health insurance, $2,250, workers compensation $8 and unemployment $97. The part-time position of Scanner is decreased by $5,920. Additional probate funds should fund the position in the future.
Appropriation ordinance O-10-39
Judge Cook from division II, Juvenile Court received a grant from Sentencing Options Specialists for $360. The $360 was moved into the budget fund for a special project.
Appropriation ordinance O-10-40
This ordinance was requested by the auditor to correct a previous coding error and to delete a previous transfer.
The quorum court will meet next on August 9 at 7 p.m. at the Garland County courthouse.