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Ames council shifts two projects into FY25–26 CIP, approves adjusted and FY25–26 budgets and sets levy hearing for April 8
Summary
Council moved $100,000 for a recreation center conceptual plan and $80,000 for a fire-station alerting system into the FY25–26 CIP, approved the adjusted FY24–25 budget and the FY25–26 budget as amended, and set April 8, 2025 for the final public hearing on the property-tax levy.
The Ames City Council on Feb. 11 amended the capital-improvements plan and approved both the adjusted FY24–25 budget and the FY25–26 budget as amended. The council moved two projects from the current adjusted budget into the FY25–26 CIP: $100,000 for a recreation center conceptual plan and $80,000 for a fire-station alerting system.
During the budget discussion staff presented tax-impact scenarios. Under the recommended scenario the city manager’s recommended budget produced a levy near $10.26 per $1,000 of assessed value; staff illustrated that a residential property assessed at $100,000 would face an increase of about $18.96 compared with the prior year under that scenario. Councilmembers reviewed options that would move additional projects between fiscal years and noted they favored moving the two specified projects (rec center conceptual plan and the alerting system) rather than larger deferrals that would raise the levy materially.
The council approved the FY25–26 budget items discussed during the meeting, including outside funding requests and interfund transfers, and set April 8, 2025, as the date for the final public hearing to adopt the property-tax levy for FY25–26.
Ending: Staff will proceed with the CIP amendments and prepare the final levy/public-hearing materials for April 8.
