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Council approves resolution after transportation budget cut of about 30%
Summary
The council approved Resolution 20250601 after the transportation department reported an approximate 30% cut from the state that reduces its two-year budget to roughly $336,000 and leaves a local match obligation of about 15%. The department said service and staff levels are expected to be maintained.
The council voted July 24 to approve Resolution 20250601 after the transportation department described state budget reductions that reduced the department’s planned two-year budget by roughly 30 percent.
Casey Kanter, representing the transportation department, told the council that the department’s original two-year fiscal request was just over $500,000 but, with the state’s across-the-board 30% reductions, the department’s funded amount is now “around about 336,000.” Kanter said the state characterized the cut as a temporary budgeting practice and that money may be rolled back to departments in a future fiscal adjustment.
Kanter said the roughly $336,000 figure includes a local match equal to approximately 15 percent and that "I think that comes out to be about 60,000 of what city the city of Sydney will pay per year for our local match of roughly about 15%." She said reductions will focus on marketing, some fuel and maintenance and bus wraps, and that the department does not expect to reduce staff: “The one thing that she said is she does not want us to reduce staff… keep your numbers up, keep your staff.”
Kanter briefed the council that scheduling and ridership were not expected to be cut and that she would return if the state restored funds. After discussion, the council moved and approved the resolution.
The resolution was recorded as approved at the meeting. No ordinance or long-term change to service levels was adopted; Kanter described the current budget posture as interim while the state monitors cash flow and potential rollbacks.
