The Mesquite City Council on June 24 approved a year-end augmentation to the city’s 2024–25 budget to recognize roughly $26,000,000 in additional revenue and corresponding appropriations.

Finance Director Nikki Thorn told the council the increases reflect new and amended grants, encumbrance rollovers and timing differences for capital projects. “NRS requires, if we are going to augment our budget, that we have a resolution,” Thorn said during her presentation.

Thorn told the council that more than $21,000,000 of the augmentation is tied to capital projects that were on different schedules than staff expected when the budget was prepared. She identified projects funded in part by regional flood-control and RTC (Regional Transportation Commission) dollars, Woodbury Skatepark and the justice facility in the ARPA fund. Thorn also said about $800,000 in additional grant awards were included and that the city must roll forward some prior-year encumbrances so approved purchase orders can be paid.

Council discussion focused on routine timing issues for multi-year projects. Councilman Wallis noted the normal unpredictability of project timing and endorsed the staff explanation. Councilwoman Fielding moved to adopt the resolution; the motion passed.

Thorn said the city will submit the approved augmentation to the Nevada Department of Taxation as required. She summarized the timeline for the budget process: work begins roughly 18 months before adoption and the augmentation finalizes adjustments after the fiscal year has progressed.

The augmentation was presented as a resolution on the council agenda and adopted by vote. The council did not set new policy or change tax rates as part of the augmentation; the action recognizes revenues and aligns appropriations with expenditures and project timing.

City staff will proceed with the transfers and project accounting described in the adopted resolution and file required documentation with the Department of Taxation.