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County budget: Engineer’s office to receive $8.4M, sheriff’s $6.1M

T-R FILE PHOTO – The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office budget will be about $6.1 million beginning July 1.

With the new fiscal year beginning in a few weeks, the Marshall County Board of Supervisors approved each county department’s budget going into FY2020 at Tuesday’s meeting.

This year’s total appropriations come to about $47.8 million, but a large chunk of that money is coming from insurance to pay for tornado repairs to the Marshall County Courthouse and other county properties.

“That total amount is not what is levied toward the taxpayer,” said board Vice Chairman Dave Thompson. “There will most likely be revisions to this.”

County Auditor and Recorder Nan Benson said much of the insurance money is placed under the “County Capital Building” section of the appropriations list, designated No. 84. The funds currently set in that budget come to $22.5 million.

“If you subtract No. 84 from the total, it gets us down to our normal budget amount area,” Benson said.

T-R FILE PHOTO – The Marshall County Engineer’s Office has the biggest departmental budget, with about $8.4 million for Fiscal Year 2020 approved Tuesday.

The departments with the most funding are the Marshall County Engineer’s Office at about $8.4 million and the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office at $6.1 million.

The engineer’s office has a wide range of responsibilities, including maintaining the entire county’s secondary roadways, which includes roads and highways not run by the state or individual cities. Bridge maintenance is also under the office’s purview.

The engineer’s office also performs snow removal during the winter and puts down dust control on gravel roads, as well as posting signs as needed for weight limits, shoulder width and much more.

The sheriff’s office provides law enforcement services throughout the county, including many of the small towns which do not have their own police forces. Deputies generally patrol the roads, respond to calls and transport inmates. Jailers watch over inmates at the Marshall County Jail.

Here is a breakdown of the appropriations list approved Tuesday. County officials said some of the funding amounts are likely to need revision as more information comes in about insurance costs:

• Supervisors: $178,070

• Auditor and Recorder: $1,045,435

• Treasurer: $685,797

• County Attorney: $1,472,520

• Sheriff: $6,121,690

• Buildings and Grounds: $1,176,300

• Zoning: $67,470

• Information Systems: $732,000

• GIS: $201,355

• General Assistance: $31,670

• County Engineer: $8,420,500

• Veteran Affairs: $95,000

• County Conservation: $997,361

• Local Health Board: $258,070

• Weed Eradication: $80,310

• Department of Human Services: $164,028

• Medical Examiner: $118,800

• District Court: $423,033

• County Library Contract: $69,442

• Harvester TIF: $16,500

• Gateway TIF: $46,000

• Mental Health Administration: $1,066,000

• Local Emergency Management: $1,146,053

• County Capital Building: $22,502,525

• Nondepartmental: $647,107

Total: $47,790,036

The approval of the above list of departmental appropriations must happen each year after the county budget is set.

“This is the one that basically puts the money from the budget we approved in so we can start spending in July,” Benson said. “This is how we start the whole year.”

Fiscal Year 2019 ends June 30 and will be followed by the start of Fiscal Year 2020 on July 1.

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Contact Adam Sodders at

641-753-6611 or

asodders@timesrepublican.com

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