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County sitting in good fiscal shape
new deh county commission ffa pic
Pictured Monday morning with Barton County Commissioners Homer Kruckenberg, Don Davis, Jennifer Schartz and Kenny Schremmer are Great Bend High School FFA officers Alaycia Ryan, MacKenzie Thomberg, Logan Evers and Chris Nollette, and their sponsor Rollie Peter. The Commission proclaimed this as FFA Week in Barton County. - photo by DALE HOGG Great Bend Tribune
The transferring of county funds may have been routine business for the Barton County Commission Monday morning, but it was good financial news.The Commission approved a resolution transferring and carrying over 2013 unexpended totalling $40,000 to the Capital Improvement Fund and $570,000 to Equipment Replacement Fund. “This is a normal practice year to year if there are funds remaining,” said county Financial Officer Jessica Wilson, adding there have been years when this wasn’t possible.“It’s great to be able to do this,” she said. “It just shows great fiscal responsibility.