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Stonecrest council reviews midyear finances, staff outlines FY25 budget adjustments
Summary
City finance staff presented a midyear financial report showing roughly $6.46 million collected against a $17.5 million general fund budget and proposed personnel and project-focused budget adjustments, including new HR and facilities positions and itemization of capital projects.
Director Gaines presented the midyear financial report Monday, saying the city had collected $6,456,562.73 of the $17,500,000 general fund budget through June and spent about $6,000,742.60 to date.
The report matters because the council must monitor revenue timing and identify adjustments before preparing the FY26 budget. Finance staff and the city manager also used the session to describe a set of recommended budget adjustments for FY25: creation of an assistant human resources director and a facilities administrative assistant, reclassification of several revenue and procurement positions to graded career ladders, funding for a clerk of court position the council previously approved, continued payments for legacy software while implementing Tyler Technologies, and project-level coding for capital improvement dollars already funded by council.
Gaines said taxes accounted for about $5.61 million of the collections to date, with licenses and permits at $580,526 and hotel/motel taxes at $480,658. She reported SPLOST collections of $5,808,488 and a…
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