Carroll County moves $1.4 million from contingency to cover sheriff overtime, detention costs and other FY25 adjustments

The Carroll County Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved year-end budget adjustments totaling $1,395,280 to close fiscal year 2025 accounts. County budget staff told the board the largest single item was overtime in the sheriff's budget, approximately $690,000, driven in part by unfilled positions. The detention center required about $500,000 in additional funding because the inmate population grew during the year (budget planning assumed roughly 150 inmates; staff reported the population was about 200 during this fiscal year), raising food, medical and other per-inmate costs. Other adjustments reflected timing differences and small pass-through sums: a mowing contract billed in FY25 but covering parts of FY25 and FY26, liquor-license receipts of about $6,500 to be passed through to towns, a $11,520 correction on a road grant figure and a $130 difference in state aid for fire. County staff said these changes will be paid from the reserve for contingency and that the administration will adjust future budgeting practices to reduce timing mismatches. Commissioners voted to approve Resolution 25.03 (year-end adjustments) by voice vote.