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On revenues, Miss Steffit told the committee the city had collected about half of its real-estate property taxes and half of its SRO funding for the year, and that June marked the first receipts of revenue from the new stormwater fee. She said the city had recorded 73 new-home impact-fee payments year to date and had received impact-fee payments from projects named Kiwi's Clubhouse and Ohashi. For income tax, Steffit reported $33,082,312 collected through June and said the figure represented year-over-year growth compared with the same period in 2024.

On expenses, staff called out several lines that merit monitoring. Towing costs were higher than expected after 19 vehicles were towed year to date. Cruiser repairs were about 69% spent for the budget year, driven in part by a larger-than-anticipated tire expense. Contractual services for administration and utility projects showed significant year-to-date payments; staff pointed to East Side utilities and several payments to VerDantis for engineering and design work.

Staff also highlighted several large single payments recorded in June. The check register showed a $345,900 payment related to a bridge sign to ODOT, which staff said was expected to be the final payment on that item. The packet also reflected a $239,000 payment to IronSite for Walnut Street Stabilization; staff said a reimbursement request for that amount had been submitted that day and earlier reimbursements had been received for prior work.

On debt and special items, staff said the cemetery bonds had been paid off in June and would not result in future bond payments for that item. In the sewer fund, the packet showed contractual services and capital spending tied to Little Walnut Creek interceptor engineering and wastewater treatment plant engineering, with the sewer fund about 84.4% spent in the highlighted lines.

On bank balances and reconciliation, staff reported total bank balances of about $2,180,011,141 at the end of June (transcript figure), outstanding checks totaling about $357,000, and a book balance that trailed the bank balance by approximately $66,000. Staff noted that unencumbered fund balances reported for the end of June were high in part because some appropriations were not recorded until July; staff said the unencumbered balance would look different in the July report and offered to provide updated figures showing unencumbered balances in July (staff later estimated a July unencumbered range of $7 million to $8 million when asked).

Ending: Staff said they would prepare supplemental information for the council packet where requested (vendor breakdowns, exact borrowing numbers and updated July fund balances) and that many of the large payments were either final (bridge sign) or have reimbursements pending (Walnut Street stabilization). Committee members did not take separate votes on the financial reports; they accepted the staff presentation and moved on to other agenda items.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Sunbury Finance Committee","oneSentenceSummary","Finance staff walked the Sunbury Finance Committee through year-to-date revenue and expense reports, bank reconciliations and the check register on July 16, reporting generally steady revenues, new stormwater fee receipts, and several large one-time payments with reimbursements pending.","taxTitle","Sunbury City, Delaware County, Ohio","taxId",53946,"location","Ohio","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6167683,"Sunbury sets placeholder in amended budget for Joint Recreation District needs assessment",97,221000,318000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5410291-10b563f7d3cf209f4ad185e0a1296e80&start=221&end=318","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5410291-10b563f7d3cf209f4ad185e0a1296e80/thumbnail_221000.jpg","/articles/6167683/Ohio/Sunbury-sets-placeholder-in-amended-budget-for-Joint-Recreation-District-needs-assessment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6167683-3dac6a5bf380c90b125728a70bd4f5d1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770933873&Signature=ZPK~DbhoFHtspy7qFflWXKi2kHyKOoMi~JlWqdlbBhhB-OXGornTPTmEh7AqdB9GgPAByg6fsG37DPuhJOLR1v5LrB97DYm4pDSFNfcRhSUVYGtiq~nYXdbuBPkG4PHfJQBFjjZ49rapUBjxVtlUgvnG7fSOwhu0zdJfeihgvkZGwxd8IzKgxJ-xaKJA4yhbGaSOEXhZ1DH9IoPAsnlwQqIYwhLI9uejxN63pMtuDdhiFU-2UCD74mruYvZwHhO-ViWLm0rkmX2KOBe855hiX7WKAsEsRrZdWcg4hxPE57qQbTiQAWlqkLq5wA-B~nEijKf7RxevaPLg7jsfKH4M~A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City staff and a Joint Recreation District representative told the Finance Committee on July 16 that the proposed budget amendment includes a placeholder appropriation to pay Sunbury's share of a needs assessment and market analysis for a multi-jurisdictional Joint Recreation District.

Daryl, a Joint Recreation District contact, said the city has issued a request for qualifications and formed a committee to evaluate consultant responses. The committee was scheduled to meet July 17 to begin evaluations, and the JRD planned a meeting on July 31 to consider recommendations. \"Early estimates on what the cost of this assessment might be somewhere in the 20 to $30,000 range,\" Daryl said, adding that the cost will be shared proportionally among the three participating jurisdictions: Sunbury, Berkshire and Galena.

Steffit said the amendment currently includes a placeholder amount and that the city could adjust its appropriation before council action if the JRD meets and finalizes a contract price. \"If we're not a 100% ready, we'll do a special meeting to kind of hurry it up as much as possible, in early in early, August,\" Daryl said. Staff emphasized the appropriation is intended to cover the city's portion of a consultant-led needs assessment and market analysis, not construction or capital work.

Ending: The committee did not take a vote on the JRD funding item. Staff and the JRD contact said they will present a finalized cost-share figure and, if needed, a special meeting will be scheduled so the council can adopt the appropriation in time for consultant work to proceed.","Committee members were briefed on a placeholder appropriation for the Joint Recreation District (JRD) to fund a needs assessment and market analysis; staff said the city's share is expected to be in the $20,000'2,000 range but the exact amount will be set after consultant selection and interjurisdictional cost allocation.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6167687,"Finance committee reviews first reading of budget amendment to fund wastewater plant design, OWDA loan work",665,75000,740000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5410291-10b563f7d3cf209f4ad185e0a1296e80&start=75&end=740","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5410291-10b563f7d3cf209f4ad185e0a1296e80/thumbnail_75000.jpg","/articles/6167687/Ohio/Finance-committee-reviews-first-reading-of-budget-amendment-to-fund-wastewater-plant-design-OWDA-loan-work","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6167687-e74e4daeb8cca3ad1a9ade7afa41511f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770933873&Signature=Ux0uFRB7Iyr4FiMJA6xGakiMdZhO70sOl3zW4JF-vJ6q8UJIDUzVEixQTOtg-Fj~WrQj4da8Fpub6PN0Sh7FPaX5jma0NEA75-sSLrOJMnCKhrolSSGV49LmKahfQqCUZcP49Gu2bqD-PyE1F2kksft94VQvE2hIb5I0Ika40DXkiTZGBFI2zoeLAzzxqoeH23-nHTBHnmCUzFhEoy5PnKuEpIBIgmgeQstqib3RunQXovQOO9v8Mq1dCAEMugdAfBQOKdkbC1CcGNHO4A2y4CZRNGMYBzgOWxnoegc5tUIzC0Ir4naYqM~Fx1xWsWmoC6bGclofEC1qlyD91XWMpQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Sunbury Finance Committee on July 16 discussed the first reading of 2025 Budget Amendment No. 2, which city staff said would appropriate funds for design and construction administration work on the wastewater treatment plant, pay loan-document fees for a planned OWDA loan and add appropriations for two reimbursable grants and a transfer for the Walnut Street Stabilization project.

Finance staff member Miss Steffit said the largest single appropriation under the amendment is in the sewer fund: about $900,000 to cover pre-construction and construction-administration work. \"We have $900,000 in the sewer fund that we need to appropriate for construction on the wastewater treatment plant, construction administration inspections,\" Steffit said during the meeting. She described the $900,000 as composed of three pieces: approximately $611,000 for Anser/Accenture (construction-inspection services), roughly $270,000 for VerDantis (contract administration), and about $100,000 for preparation of loan documents for OWDA.

The staff explanation emphasized that most construction dollars for the wastewater plant had already been appropriated and that the amendment was intended to capture design, contract-administration and ancillary engineering costs. A staff member clarified construction costs for the plant were just over $31 million for the construction portion and that the city did not borrow the entire project amount; the staff member estimated the borrowed amount at \"I think it's $28,000,000 or something like that.\" The committee asked for exact financing figures and staff said they could provide the precise numbers at a subsequent meeting.

Steffit also told the committee that two previously awarded reimbursable grants\u000094Walnut Street Stabilization and the Safe Streets for All program\u000094were not correctly appropriated for 2025 and must be added so the city can front costs and later seek reimbursement. She said the city paid $239,000 to IronSite for Walnut Street stabilization and that a reimbursement request for that amount had been submitted the same day.

The amendment also includes a $500,000 transfer from the general fund into Fund 701 to cover capital costs on the Walnut Street project. Steffit said, \"So you see that $500,000 there. It's going into fund 701, which is expending the money on the next page. So it's not $500,000 times two, it's just the $1,500,000 because one's a transfer.\"

Committee members asked for greater detail on vendor breakdowns and on amounts still in the sewer fund available for contingencies. Staff said they would prepare a supplemental packet for the council meeting with a vendor-by-vendor breakout and exact borrowing figures. No committee vote was taken on Ordinance: 2025 Budget Amendment No. 2 at the July 16 Finance Committee meeting; Steffit said the ordinance was placed on the council agenda for first reading and that the council conducts three readings before final action.

Ending: The ordinance remains at the first-reading stage. Staff committed to provide a detailed vendor and financing breakout before council action so the public record will show the exact amounts to be appropriated and the final loan terms for the OWDA financing.","City staff told the Sunbury Finance Committee the proposed 2025 Budget Amendment No. 2 would appropriate design, construction-administration and loan-document costs for the city's wastewater treatment plant project and reimbursements for several grant-funded projects; no vote on the ordinance was taken at the committee meeting.","actionData","errors"]

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