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Albany City presents series of budget transfer requests totaling about $632,200
Summary
City staff described a package of intra-department budget transfers at the Board of Estimate meeting that would move roughly $632,200 among accounts to cover 2024 and early 2025 expenses; the board approved the meeting agenda that included these items.
Albany City budget staff presented a group of intra-department transfer requests on March 18 that would move about $632,200 between existing accounts to cover 2024 expenses and planned 2025 purchases.
A staff member from the budget department outlined the transfers at the Board of Estimate and Contract meeting, saying the requests included a $7,200 transfer for the police department, a $420,000 reallocation into sewer maintenance, $35,000 for Youth and Workforce Services travel and equipment, and a series of smaller transfers across women’s services, water, the treasurer’s office and IT. The staff member listed individual account moves and intended uses during the presentation.
The largest single transfer reported was $420,000 moved from five separate accounts into a contractor services / sewer maintenance account “to cover 2024 expenses,” the staff member said. Other items included $126,000 from the water department for uniforms, equipment and motor-vehicle expenses; $30,000 from the Department of Women’s Services split between snow removal supplies and furniture and fixtures; and $9,000 from vacant salaries in the treasurer’s office to other equipment for the parking bureau.
Deputy Commissioner Thompson was noted as present when the Youth and Workforce Services transfer was read; no substantive competing proposals or amendments to the transfers were recorded in the transcript. The budget staff also described a small $500 transfer within the IT/budget accounts to reimburse administrative services for tech purchases.
The meeting record shows the agenda containing these transfer requests was put to a motion and approved: a motion to approve the agenda was made by Council President Ellen and seconded by Joel (surname not specified in the transcript), after which the chair called for the ayes and announced the motion carried.
Because the transfers were presented as agenda items and not recorded as separate roll-call votes in the transcript, the meeting record does not show individual approval votes for each transfer beyond inclusion on the approved agenda.
