Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Budget Amendment topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Committee forwards omnibus FY2026 budget amendment to full council; staff says net effect on general fund balance is neutral
Summary
The Committee of the Whole voted to forward Budget Amendment No. 2 for FY2026 to the City Council; staff said the amendment mainly rebudgets unspent FY2025 items and adds about $13,500 for an email-archive hardware replacement.
City finance staff presented Budget Amendment No. 2 for fiscal year 2026, a largely routine omnibus amendment that rebudgets prior-year allocations and increases the IT budget for a hardware replacement.
Staff described two primary components: rebudgeting about $120,000 across departments for items budgeted in FY2025 but purchased later, and rebudgeting roughly $7,000 for police uniform items and about $14,000 for required periodic physical exams for officers. Because these amounts were previously budgeted in FY2025, staff said the amendment has no effect on the general fund balance.
The amendment also requests approximately $13,500 to replace an email-archive hardware device scheduled to reach end-of-life in February; staff said timely replacement maintains continuity of email archiving and compliance with record-retention obligations. Finance staff said the estimated FY2026 unassigned general fund balance remains about $12,022,000, roughly 25.16% of recurring expenditures, and that figure excludes a $5.4 million reservation for at-risk federal grants and funds set aside for a community engagement program.
Council members asked for better IT asset-replacement roadmaps so capital/technology needs are anticipated during budget cycles. Staff said work is underway to create long-term replacement schedules and that the IT internal service fund can hold reserves for those purchases.
Committee members moved and seconded forwarding the amendment to the full City Council for approval on the regular agenda.
