City Manager Jason Weeks told council that department heads were engaged in developing the upcoming fiscal‑year budget and that the workshop’s supplemental request packet represents departments’ one‑time and recurring “wants and needs.”

Weeks said the city has not had a finance director since October and that new Finance Director Aaron Bovis came aboard in May; staff have recently pushed to finalize values, salary and benefit numbers, and tax calculations so council can see supplemental requests before a proposed balanced budget is published. Weeks described supplementals as items that will be listed in the budget packet but not all will be funded: they include one‑time capital replacements, equipment, services, new personnel, and some recurring requests. Weeks noted the city used nearly $2.9 million of fund balance this current fiscal year and cautioned council about using fund balance for recurring costs.

He described the supplemental forms: departments provided short descriptions, service goals, account breakdowns, and whether costs are one‑time or recurring; staff asked departments to limit supplemental entries under $1,000 to the base budget as continuations. Weeks said the city received certified values from the county tax office and that staff pushed salary and benefit estimates into budget spreadsheets so council could see the effect of proposed compensation changes.

Weeks said staff will return with a proposed balanced budget in the next two weeks for council review and that tonight’s supplemental discussion is intended to let council ask questions of department heads before the formal proposal is published.