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Staff details budget worksheet changes, flags $590,000 Fire Fund vehicle increase
Summary
At a budget hearing, staff reviewed a revised worksheet that added $5,000 for an IT switch, addressed a prior-year invoice in the corrections fund, and recorded a $590,000 capital outlay increase in the Philmont Fire Fund that staff said cash can cover; no final budget approval was taken.
At a budget hearing, Justin, staff member, reviewed a revised budget worksheet with the governing body and described several changes since the July 8 meeting, including a $5,000 addition for an IT switch, a correction fund adjustment for a prior‑year invoice, and a $590,000 increase to the Philmont Fire Fund capital outlay vehicles line item.
The changes “since interim approved budget are highlighted in the current worksheet in blue,” Justin said. He told the commissioners the IT contractor, Amadeo, had "requested additional money for for a new switch for the server room," and that he had "added $5,000 to your account for for that." He also said an invoice for prior‑year services in FY25 arrived in July and has the effect of being billed twice in FY26, so he added funds to cover it.
Justin said the Philmont Fire Fund’s capital outlay vehicles line item increased by $590,000 but that the fund has the cash to meet those expenditures. “They do have the cash,” he said. He said the general fund deficit remained essentially the same as before and that fire fines would be increased by taking more from cash to cover insurance‑related changes.
Discussion focused on clarification rather than final approvals. The presiding official (name not specified) asked whether transfers and budget adjustments needed to remain on the agenda. Justin said most of those items are FY25 debt‑service adjustments that are noncash transactions, intended to move expense into the proper funds and not to change final cash totals.
During the hearing the presiding official said, “I do wanna go forward with the GRT we discussed. I think that'll solve a lot of our problems.” The transcript does not define “GRT” or record any formal direction to implement it during this session.
No formal, final approval of the revised worksheet was recorded in the transcript. The presiding official closed the hearing with a motion to adjourn. “Motion to adjourn budget hearing,” the presiding official said, and the hearing was adjourned.
The board indicated transfers and budget adjustments for FY25 will remain on a future agenda for formal action; staff said those adjustments are primarily accounting reallocations and will be addressed later.
