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Finance director: admin budget holds staffing steady, seeks software update and clarifies donated project funds
Summary
Finance Director Angie Mittal told council the administration reduced headcount from eight to seven, included a 5% pay increase for admin staff, plans to implement GovOS revenue software, and will tag private donations for projects such as the skatepark and splash pad after an internal audit revealed missing journal entries.
Angie Mittal, the city’s finance director, presented the administration budget and told council the department has reduced headcount from eight to seven and included a 5% pay increase for those employees.
“The main thing that we've had is that we were able to, I guess, downsize. We lost one person, and we've been able to absorb that with the current staff,” Angie Mittal said.
She told council staff plan to implement GovOS software to improve revenue forecasting for receipts such as occupational taxes. Mittal and other staff also addressed an internal audit that found private donations and some invoicing had not been posted in the city’s general ledger as journal entries.
As a result, staff said they will add specific line items in the budget for donations that had been accepted but not previously tagged, including a $250,000 anonymous private donation earmarked for the skatepark and previously recorded in a $30,000,000 capital journal. Staff said they will work with the city’s finance team (Holly) to post correct journal entries and show the donated funds in the line‑item budget before the first reading.
Councilors asked why maintenance and repair at City Hall rose (line cited around $230,000 versus roughly $220,000 last year); staff answered the increase covers replacement of multiple aging rooftop HVAC units and related overhead invoice consolidation. Mittal said the overhead account is being managed “lean” and that HVAC replacement is the largest component of the higher amount.
Staff also told council they will issue a corrected front sheet and a long report with updated entries so councilors see donor amounts and capital carryovers during the May 27 first reading.
Councilors requested tighter labeling of event and donation accounts and asked staff to carry forward and tag donated funds in a way that shows dedicated use rather than being buried in journal entries. Mittal said she will provide the corrected budget packet to council within days.
