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SBO moves $450,000 to fire capital for immediate equipment needs while sales-tax-funded program ramps up
Summary
Staff requested a special budget ordinance to transfer $450,000 from facilities capital to fire capital to cover urgent needs (PPE, hose) ahead of expected community safety sales tax collections; apparatus purchases planned later using internal loan/bond financing.
City staff presented a special budget ordinance (SBO) to transfer $450,000 from facilities capital to the fire capital program to cover urgent operational needs such as personal protective equipment and hose replacement while sales-tax revenues from a newly enacted community safety sales tax begin to be collected.
Matt Boston said the transfer is needed because the public-safety sales tax started collecting on April 1 and the receipts are received in arrears; the transfer provides interim funds until sales-tax proceeds are available. He said staff and the fire chiefs are developing a six-year plan for capital apparatus and that the city has secured internal SIP loan/bond authority for a roughly $6.8 million apparatus purchase (two engines and one ladder) in the next procurement cycle. Boston said staff are changing vendors for lead-time reasons to shorten delivery time.
The committee discussed timing for apparatus orders and the broader capital plan. Staff said the SBO is a timing-driven fix and that the long-term capital plan will be presented to committee and council once staff finish sales-tax projections and a multi-year capital schedule. No formal vote was recorded during the committee briefing.
