On Oct. 13, 2025, the Amherst Finance Committee voted 7-0 to send ordinance 8 25 31 to the full city council with an emergency designation to reappropriate funds across various accounts to cover year-end property tax expenses.

Committee member Miss Phillips said the request was to cover administrative costs tied to property taxes, including auditor fees, and described the item as an internal “juggle” to ensure departments have funds available when exact costs are uncertain: "So this has to do with the fact that the property taxes, there's expenses that go along with that, auditor fees, etcetera. So we just needed to kinda juggle things around a little bit in order to cover."

Mister Onarski, serving as counsel, moved to send the ordinance to the floor of council; Mister Wacom seconded. The motion carried on a voice vote recorded as 7 to 0 in favor. The committee did not provide specific dollar amounts for the reappropriation at the meeting; Miss Phillips described the action as reallocating funds between accounts so departments can pay expenses that are difficult to predict in advance.

The committee did not debate alternative funding sources during the discussion, and counsel offered no substantive changes on the committee floor. With the committee’s approval, the measure will proceed to the full city council for consideration and any further details or amendments will be addressed there.

The committee also handled other agenda items during the meeting; this reappropriation measure was the first substantive item discussed and was advanced without amendment.