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Albany boards review small budget transfers, increase demolition appropriation and record two pothole settlements
Summary
City staff presented three budget transfers, a $57,900 employee appropriation for emergency demolitions and two small legal settlements for vehicle damage from potholes; the agenda was approved and the meeting adjourned.
Shanda Rath, identified in the record as the deputy chief of the city’s auditor, presented three budget transfer requests and an employee appropriation during the meeting of City of Albany budget-related boards on Friday afternoon.
The board heard three transfers: a Police Department request to move $3,965 from an “admin services training other equipment” line to “admin services training supplies and materials” to cover past-due invoices; a Water Department request for $150,000 to move funds into a transmission and distribution contracted services account (recorded as $100,000 from a special items contingency account plus $50,000 from a special items judgment and claims account); and a second Water Department request described in the transcript with inconsistent amounts (see clarifying details).
The board also recorded an employee appropriation request from the Department of Buildings Regulatory Compliance for $57,900, increasing both the demolition-fees revenue and demolition expense accounts to pay contractors for emergency demolitions completed in 2024.
Two legal settlement payments were presented for vehicle-damage claims attributed to potholes: Abigail Dunn Knox for $1,381.30 and Lee J. Martin for $758. The transcript records these amounts and the claim purpose; no statutes or outside legal authorities were cited in the discussion.
Procedural actions on the record included a motion to approve the meeting agenda (mover: Nick Riley; second: Joyce Sasse) that passed with “Aye” votes, and a motion to adjourn (mover: McCrall; second: Public Council President Corey Dallas) that closed the session.
The discussion as recorded was brief; board members did not expand on the demolition contracts’ contractors, on the vendor invoices covered by the transfers, or on specifics of the pothole claims during the portion of the transcript provided.
