The Putnam County Legislature has voted nearly unanimously against a last-minute Sheriff’s Department request to transfer more than $120,000.  The money would be directed to overtime costs for road patrol.  In its December meeting, legislators discussed end-of-year budget reconciliation.  The money requested had been allocated during the 2019 budget process to cover Sheriff’s Department expenses in 40 different spending categories, not for overtime.  The Sheriff’s deputies who worked the overtime have been paid but, the Legislature expressed its displeasure at what it called budget maneuvers.  Putnam County Legislature Chairman Joseph Castellano says they don’t know why overtime is going higher every year and need to talk with the Sheriff’s Department about that.  Only one Legislator, Nancy Montgomery, voted in favor of the transfer.