A Purchasing Agent is authorized to transfer any unencumbered or unexpended appropriation balance from one line item to another line item within the same department budget during the budget year so long as the transfer is not into a line item that is appropriated for employee salaries, wages, or benefits, (other than line items that are exclusively appropriated for overtime or extra duty pay) or would not cause the total of all excess expenditures or encumbrances to exceed the total unused appropriation within the department at the close of the budget year. The Purchasing Agent shall use forms approved for this purpose by the County Commission. Any transfer of funds into a line item that is appropriated for employee salaries, wages, or benefits (other than line items that are exclusively appropriated for overtime or extra duty pay) must be approved by the County Commission. (Ord. O-2018-8, 7-23-2018)