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Kerrville council approves first reading of FY2025 budget amendments to move encumbered items and account for ARPA funds
Summary
Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 2025‑12 to reallocate FY2024 encumbrances into FY2025, move asset purchases between funds and account for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) receipts; council voted unanimously to advance the ordinance.
Kerrville — The Kerrville City Council approved on first reading an ordinance amending the city’s fiscal year 2025 budget to reallocate funds from FY2024 and to account for previously received ARPA funds.
Finance staff explained the ordinance adjusts budget entries for items encumbered in FY2024 but received in FY2025, moves funding sources for certain asset purchases and records updated revenue estimates related to newly implemented credit‑card processing fees.
The Nut Graf: The measure is an administrative budget cleanup and reclassification that moves prior‑year encumbrances (for items such as a street dump truck and an ambulance chassis) into the current fiscal year, shifts an ambulance purchase to ARPA funding, and increases budget authority for capital projects that are now active.
City finance staff walked council through the packet, explaining that some purchases budgeted in FY2024 were not delivered until FY2025 and therefore need to be transferred between years and funds; examples cited included street maintenance equipment and a waterfront asset replacement item. Staff also explained a change in the water‑production asset plan: an originally planned membrane expansion was reduced in scope and an excavator purchase brought forward at a discounted price, netting a lower cost than initially projected.
On capital projects, staff said the HHHC (project name in packet) line was increased in FY2025 not to increase the overall project budget but to better reflect expected spending this year so auditors see smaller variances. Staff said the change did not increase total project funding but aligns the budget with the project’s construction schedule.
Councilmember questions were largely technical; staff provided details on encumbrances, journal entries and how the changes will be recorded for audit. After discussion, Councilmember [name not specified in transcript] moved approval of Ordinance 2025‑12 on first reading and the motion passed unanimously.
Ending: The ordinance will return to council for second reading and final adoption at a subsequent meeting; staff said the item will be available for further review before final action.
