Crawford County Clerk Kim Gibbs presented the commissioners with a budget report on July 7 and shared which funds needed to be monitored closely and which were in good standing.

The prosecuting attorney, crime victim advocates and the morgue need to watch spending.

Road District 1’s road and bridge and Road District 2’s capital improvement fund expenses are both good at the moment while revenue is right on track.

Gibbs said that revenue from District 1’s capital improvement fund was temporarily really good and that the expenses were on target.

Revenue for the recorder of deeds, public administrator, child support and District 2’s road and bridge fund are currently on target, but they need to watch spending. The revolving fund is on target with its expenses, but is not matching its expected revenue yet.

Expenses for the clerk, jail, inmate security, and sheriff’s special funds were front-loaded, so they are slightly overdrawn for only being in July. Their revenues are currently on target.

The circuit clerk, court administration and court reporter funds are doing really well compared to their budgeted revenues and expenses.

General revenue administrations, facilities management, commission, elections, treasurer, collector, health department, public defender, sheriff’s department, assessment, Americans with Disabilities (ADA), recorder’s preservation, technology, children’s trust and the election services funds are currently on target with the budget.

Sheriff Darin Layman announced that the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office was awarded the Missouri Blue Shield grant, which is used to purchase equipment, training and/or technology.

The grant splits $10 million in funding between law enforcement entities that apply and are awarded the grant. This year, the sheriff’s office was awarded $28,985.50, which is less than last year because more counties applied.

Citizen Cindy Redburn asked Layman why the county had Flock cameras.

“The reason why we have them is to help to deter and prevent crime, to close some of those cases that we currently have open,” Layman said. “They’re not paid for by county taxpayer dollars….The Missouri Blue Shield grant paid for them, actually, going forward, the restitution fund.”

They only capture the make, model, color and license plate of a vehicle, and the information is retained locally for 30 days.

In other business, Redburn also asked for the commissioners’ opinion on Constitutional Amendment 5, which was added to the Aug. 4 ballot, because the ballot language says it will lower local sales tax. If it were to become law, Amendment 5 would eventually eliminate the state’s income tax but increase sales and use tax.

“If we’re going to be hurt with county tax revenue decreasing, I think it’s something we should be concerned about as a county,” Redburn said.

While he hasn’t read the ballot language, Black said that he is personally not a fan of the amendment.