Committee recommends FY26 budget amendment No. 1, moves $103 million in purchase order rollover and updates pay plan

The Finance & Budget Committee on Sept. 3 recommended that the City Council approve Amendment No. 1 to the fiscal year 2026 budget. Rick Gentry, budget manager, described three primary components: a purchase order rollover tied to the city's Lawson‑to‑Workday transition, updates to the pay and classification plan following the IAM collective bargaining agreement, and a requested position change in the fire department funded by the public safety sales tax.

Gentry said the largest component is the purchase order rollover and associated spending authority needed as the city moves purchasing records into Workday. "The the largest being is the, purchase order purchase order rollover and spending authority as we've moved from Lawson into Workday," he said, noting the rollover amount is over $103,000,000 and that much of the total is construction‑related capital projects.

Gentry also described a requested change to one fire department FTE: converting a current open data analyst position to an applications analyst; that position will be funded fully from the public safety sales tax. He described a small transfer of $1,000 from central billing services to the general fund/public works for a bobcat sweeper brush attachment.

The committee voted to recommend the amendment to full council with recorded committee votes of "Aye" from Chair Shields, Mayor Pro Tem Tim Lopez and Council member Funk. Gentry and other finance staff said the amendment addresses fiscal‑year accounting transitions and incorporates council‑approved collective bargaining changes.