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Schertz council approves fiscal‑year 2025 budget amendment to reauthorize prior projects, add officers and complete library repairs
Summary
The council unanimously passed Ordinance 25T016 on April 15 to reauthorize previously budgeted items delayed by lead times, fund equipment and personnel needs for police and schools, complete library foundation repairs and transfer reserves for street projects.
The Schertz City Council on April 15 approved Ordinance 25T016, the first budget amendment for fiscal 2025, authorizing the city to reallocate previously approved funds and add new appropriations to finish delayed projects and meet newly identified needs.
Finance Director James Walters told the council the request mainly covers items budgeted in the prior fiscal year but not yet spent because of delivery delays. Staff asked to reauthorize those funds and to increase several departmental budgets to complete ongoing projects. Walters listed several items the amendment covers: an increase to equipment and supplies to outfit vehicles and finish a dispatch upgrade; an increase to the police equipment budget to purchase a Flock license‑plate camera system (17 units) with a grant offset; funding for five additional student resource officers and vehicles to support the school district; and a $200,000 transfer to complete library foundation repairs. Walters said the city will transfer $1,225,000 from reserves to capital projects to complete the 2024 street preservation and maintenance program and would increase the Woman Hollowing Creek trunk line authorization by $550,000 to close out that contract.
Walters said the police department expects an $89,000 equipment purchase for camera systems, offset by a $74,000 grant, and that the overall adjustment will increase the general fund budget by roughly $2.3 million, funded in part by reimbursements and previously budgeted transfers with the remainder drawn from fund balance. He said the fund balance at the end of the prior fiscal year was about $16.2 million and that the adjustment aligns with the city’s five‑year forecast.
Council members asked for clarifications about quantities and the school‑district reimbursement structure for Student Resource Officers; Walters said the city would outlay vehicle costs and be reimbursed by the school district over the life of the vehicle. Councilmember Guerrero confirmed that the Flock system purchase is for 17 cameras and that the city’s net cost after the grant would be modest.
After discussion, Mayor Paul Taylor Hayward made the motion to approve Ordinance 25T016; Guerrero seconded. The council voted 7–0 to adopt the ordinance.
Ending: The ordinance reauthorizes delayed purchases, funds personnel and equipment needs, and transfers reserves to complete priority capital projects; staff said remaining unspent funds will return to fund balance if not used.
