Council adopts supplemental budget transfers and master fee schedule increases

SANDY, Ore. — The Sandy City Council on Tuesday approved housekeeping changes to the 2023-25 budget and adopted a slate of fee increases intended to keep city services funded and to advance infrastructure plans.

Finance staff presented Resolution 2025-23, a supplemental budget amendment that transfers $100,000 from contingency to the legal department to cover higher legal costs and $300,000 from contingency to police to fund an additional officer and equipment. Council voted to approve the supplemental transfers.

Council also considered updates to the city's master fee schedule (Resolution 2025-21). The fee changes include inflationary and program-driven increases: a $1-per-month increase to the stormwater charge (per ERU), a $1 increase to the household public safety fee (from $4.50 to $5.50) and higher SandyNet residential and business monthly rates (roughly $7 increases tied to the broadband master plan). Staff said the fee changes had been incorporated into the adopted 2025-27 budget and were intended to help the city maintain services and support SandyNet operations and a stormwater fund balance.

Council discussed several items in the fee schedule, including how special-event rentals for parks would be handled, and whether public-safety fees should be apportioned differently between residential and commercial accounts. Staff provided account counts (approximately 4,622 residential accounts and 246 commercial accounts) and said the proposed public-safety fee increases were intended to cover officer salary and benefits with additional options for equipment funding.

After discussion, council adopted the master fee schedule amendment and the supplemental budget resolution.