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Council hears first FY25‑26 budget amendment; staff outlines carryovers, grants and capital items
Summary
Finance staff presented the city’s first budget amendment for FY2025‑26, outlining carryovers, new grants and project funding adjustments; council set a public hearing for the next meeting.
City finance staff presented the first fiscal‑year 2025‑26 budget amendment to the Murray City Council on Sept. 2, outlining routine carryovers from the construction season, new grant awards and several capital and reserve changes.
Brenda Moore (presenting staff) described the amendment as the year’s largest because construction projects cross fiscal years: unspent appropriations at June 30 revert to reserves and must be reauthorized to complete projects. Moore said she had already rolled some public‑works project money into the next fiscal year and that the net amount being reauthorized was less than earlier estimates.
Key items called out by staff included a new EMS grant for $3,889, a previously awarded $500,000 Brownsville grant for which the staff is appropriating $50,000 in this amendment, insurance premium changes driven by benefit enrollment shifts, and a $170,000 book value entry related to a stormwater property transfer (a non‑cash budget entry). Moore also mentioned plans to apply for Wasatch Front Regional Council funds for a general‑plan update, and she noted a $175,000 placeholder toward a multi‑year general‑plan project the city expects to match in a future grant application.
Other items discussed included recreation‑facility repairs (locker room tiling), parks and stormwater project design allocations, business‑license software implementation funded from reserves, and capital funds reserved for potential future property purchases for parking. Moore told the council that reserve levels would remain near the staff target (around mid‑20 percent) after the amendments and that staff would continue to refine the rollovers once remaining invoices and project schedules were final.
Council questions focused on timing and scope for the general‑plan update, details of several stormwater design entries that differed in estimated cost due to scope and right‑of‑way differences, and the process for reserving funds for golf‑course mitigation fencing. Moore said many items are placeholders and that staff will not reallocate funds prematurely; she also said a public hearing on the amendment will be scheduled at the next council meeting.
No final appropriation vote was taken at the Sept. 2 meeting; staff will return with the finalized amendment and a public‑hearing agenda item for council action.
