Norfolk County Commissioners on April 2 voted to approve a revised distribution of FY26 indirect costs that shifts $60,000 from the county to the Norfolk County schools.

Director Quaran explained the change during the meeting, saying the county had drawn a $60,000 cost to the wrong ledger line in the Tyler accounting system and that the amount properly belongs to the schools. "That cost belonged to the schools, not the county," Quaran said, and added the revision "does not impact the budget at all." Commissioners then moved, seconded and approved the revised indirect-cost allocation.

The revision was presented as an affirmation of the FY26 proposed budget previously approved by the commission. Quaran described the correction as a reclassification of an expense line — not a change in the total budgeted dollars — and asked the commission to "affirm and revote inclusively the indirect costs associated with the FY26 proposed budget," limited to the $60,000 shift.

A motion to shift the $60,000 from the county to the Norfolk County Agricultural High School (referred to in the meeting as the "Aggie School") was made, seconded and approved by voice vote. Meeting minutes show the commission recorded an "Aye" and proceeded without further changes to the previously adopted FY26 budget.

The commission's action resolved an accounting misattribution identified after the board voted the overall FY26 budget the prior week. No changes to revenue assumptions, tax rates or total spending authority were presented at the April 2 vote.

The commission will publish the corrected indirect-cost line in its FY26 packet and continue budget implementation according to the adopted schedule.