Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on a line item transfer for Elections.

The November 2025 election had fewer participating entities than in past November elections, which caused the County portion of election expenses to be higher than usual. For example, in 2024 the County percentage was 0.41%, for 2025 it was 0.75%. This caused our costs for poll workers, temporary employees, and rental vehicles to be higher than expected. Due to warnings from law enforcement agencies, more security for the election locations and election personnel was needed, so the security cost was significantly higher. This caused a greater impact on our general fund line items than we had anticipated. This unexpected shortage also caused a problem for the Primary Election and Primary Election Runoff as per State Statutes early voting expenses for both are paid by the County, not the parties. We can only get reimbursement from the State for Election Day costs during Primary Elections and runoffs.
This was not a problem for the May 2026 election as that election is all Election Contract Fund (0375) costs.