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Council approves midyear budget adjustments; staff flags sales-tax decline and proposes targeted vehicle and security purchases
Summary
Council approved Resolution No. 25-16 to amend the FY 2024–25 budget after a staff review that flagged a roughly $75,000 shortfall in both sales tax and transient occupancy tax streams; staff proposed vehicle replacements and security camera purchases funded from midyear adjustments and existing rollovers.
The Angels Camp City Council approved a midyear budget amendment (Resolution No. 25-16) that adjusts projected revenues and expenditures for fiscal year 2024–25 after staff reviewed year‑to‑date receipts through December.
Finance Director Michelle told the council staff had budgeted conservatively when building the annual budget and then reprojected revenues and expenditures. She said sales tax and transient occupancy tax (TOT) are each projected to be roughly $75,000 below the original budgeted amounts based on year‑to‑date trends and regional comparisons. Measure A (a local 1% sales-tax measure for public safety) is also running below earlier projections; staff’s midyear projection for Measure A is about $387,000 versus an earlier planning figure of roughly $430,000.
Michelle said those revenue shortfalls were offset by department savings from vacant positions, timing differences and lower-than-expected operating costs, producing a net midyear adjustment that staff recommended for council approval. The midyear amendments include funding to replace an older public-safety utility vehicle, replace a 2010 public-works truck, and install security cameras at the wastewater plant (staff reported vehicle failure and parts thefts at the plant in recent months). Michelle said the city expects savings next year from new accounting software that will reduce annual hosting/leasing costs.
Council members discussed reserve policy and the need to protect a 10% rollover in Measure A funds. Members also asked staff to track FY25 revenues closely as sales-tax and TOT trends become clearer; staff said any unexpected surplus would roll to reserves. Council approved Resolution No. 25-16.
