Some Tarrant County Commissioners questioned whether the county’s undesignated funds and financial reserves are being used efficiently.
Data presented at the meeting showed the county has a total budget of $7.6 million in undesignated funds for the 2026 fiscal year. Of that, more than $2.7 million have been used, a majority of the money going towards public safety, including building security contract costs, part-time salaries for constables, and county burials.
It leaves the county with $4.8 million in unused funds for the remaining five months of the fiscal year, the data showed, and it’s not yet clear what those funds will be used on…