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Council approves $436,000 budget reallocation for body cameras, IT storage and Valleywood capital items
Summary
Apple Valley’s council approved a $436,000 budget amendment (consent item 4g) reallocating existing funds to cover police body-worn cameras, delayed IT storage-area-network equipment and other items, and clarified that the $14,100 Valleywood line comes from the Valleywood operating fund rather than new general-fund dollars.
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — The Apple Valley City Council approved a $436,000 budget amendment at its April 24 meeting that reallocates existing fund balances for several previously budgeted projects, including police body-worn cameras and delayed IT storage-area-network (SAN) equipment.
Council members discussed line items during a pulled-consent discussion of item 4g. A council member asked whether the $14,100 noted for Valleywood was an additional appropriation or part of the facility’s existing funding. City staff explained the $14,100 is drawn from the Valleywood operating fund (a special revenue fund) and represents a reallocation of capital items within that fund, not an additional payment from the city’s liquor or general fund.
Staff said the largest items in the amendment are appropriations to spend a public-safety aid payment that was received and recognized in 2023 for police body-worn cameras and to provide funding for IT SAN equipment that was budgeted in 2024 but not purchased that year. The SAN equipment was described as urgent by staff; the budget amendment appropriates fund balance carried over from previous years so the purchases can proceed in 2025.
Council member Grandahl moved the amendment and Council member Hebert seconded. After council discussion and clarification that the amendment reflects internal reallocation and not a net new ongoing expenditure, the council approved the motion by voice vote.
Staff materials attached to the agenda identify the $436,000 total and list the major items (body-worn cameras and IT storage equipment) as well as the Valleywood reallocations. No additional funding sources beyond existing fund balances were introduced during the discussion.
