When the year ends, Allen County will have about $400,000 cash in its general fund budget to start 2012. The carryover was anticipated 18 months ago when its 2011 budget was constructed.
Alan Weber, county counselor, told commissioners Tuesday morning that the county this week would be reimbursed nearly $725,000 it had spent since December 2010 in the run-up to a new Allen County Hospital. The refund was made possible by the recent sale of the first of two ACH construction bonds, which generated $10 million. Bonds totaling another $15 million go on the market today.
Of the reimbursement, $501,315.04 will go into the general fund. Another $223,324.78 will be deposited in the debt service reserve account.
Commissioner Dick Works noted the reimbursement to the general fund came just in the nick of time to ensure that most of the $400,000 cash carryover would be in place. The general fund had been on a lean diet the past several months; department heads were encouraged in October to be judicious when making expenditures.
The carryover is important since next year’s budget was formulated on the premise that it would be in place.
Weber also presented commissioners with vouchers totaling $237,000 for architect fees, $71,000 billed for October and the remainder from November. A $24,000 bill from Shafer, Kline & Warren, for work associated with site selection.
BILL KING, director of Public Works, told commissioners the secondary rock crusher purchased for $125,000 from Bourbon County was ferried to the Allen County quarry on Monday.
Installation will take about two weeks.
The unit, which reduces larger dimension rock to a size suitable for surfacing roads, will replace one that has been in use since 1993 and was 10 years old then. The primary crusher was new when purchased in 1993.
Also Tuesday commissioners approved a contract with Chuck Apt, Iola attorney, to provide guardian ad litem services during 2012. He will be paid $3,500 a month. As such, Apt intercedes in court on behalf of those incapable of providing a defense for themselves.
