By AMY RICKER Great Bend Post

The Barton County General Fund and Road and Bridge Fund have been amended to increase the budget authority by $1,000,000.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Road and Bridge budget will increase authority by $550,000 to cover additional purchases of aggregates and other consumable goods necessary for operations and future road overlay projects funded by Federal Funds Exchange money along with other unanticipated revenue.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

The General Fund budget will increase $1,000,000 to allow for the transfer of unanticipated revenue into reserve funds for future projects if deemed practical and necessary.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Commissioner Jennifer Schartz says these increases are beneficial.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

“I want to make sure the general public understands what we are doing here. This is a positive thing that we received more money than was anticipated. If we had higher expenses, that would be another thing, but since we have approximately $500k coming in that was unanticipated, that’s only good for our county.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Budget Amendment Hearing was held before the weekly meeting with the board approving the 2020 Barton County Operating Budget changes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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 </figure>By AMY RICKER Great Bend PostThe Barton County General Fund and Road and Bridge Fund have been amended to increase the budget authority by $1,000,000.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Road and Bridge budget will increase authority by $550,000 to cover additional purchases of aggregates and other consumable goods necessary for operations and future road overlay projects funded by Federal Funds Exchange money along with other unanticipated revenue.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The General Fund budget will increase $1,000,000 to allow for the transfer of unanticipated revenue into reserve funds for future projects if deemed practical and necessary.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Commissioner Jennifer Schartz says these increases are beneficial.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“I want to make sure the general public understands what we are doing here. This is a positive thing that we received more money than was anticipated. If we had higher expenses, that would be another thing, but since we have approximately $500k coming in that was unanticipated, that’s only good for our county.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Budget Amendment Hearing was held before the weekly meeting with the board approving the 2020 Barton County Operating Budget changes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Barton County 2020 Operating Budget Fund amended