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Council adopts budget amendments; finance director details CDBG recognition, fee schedule and employee discount changes
Summary
Finance Director Lisa Dudley summarized the midyear budget amendments adopted by the council, explaining line‑item reclassifications, recognition of prior‑year CDBG reimbursements and grant award adjustments, proceeds from a property surplus sale, and changes to venue and employee discount policies to align with IRS guidance.
The Millcreek City Council on Jan. 27 adopted midyear adjustments to the FY 2024–25 general fund and capital projects fund and approved updates to the city’s fee schedule, following a staff presentation by Finance Director Lisa Dudley.
Dudley told the council there were no new general fund revenues for the quarter; most general‑fund adjustments were intra‑departmental reclassifications. She identified four departments that required inter‑departmental transfers, and asked the council to approve a $15,000 addition to the employee wellness program to cover three months of Epic Gym memberships for staff.
For the capital projects (CIP) fund, Dudley said the council should recognize prior Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) reimbursements that had not been accounted for when the Jordan River Trailhead project was completed in a prior fiscal year. She said the actual current‑year CDBG award exceeded the estimate previously used in the budget (the transcript references an estimate of "2.10" and the actual of "2.27" with an additional 17,565, but the spoken amounts and units were not specified in the record). Dudley also reported a small grant from Central Utah Water for landscaping and proceeds from the sale of a right‑of‑way/property (address referenced as 3250), and she said the city recently completed an acquisition (referred to as the Czech City building at Thirteenth and 303rd).
Dudley outlined fee schedule updates for community life and venue rental lines. Notable changes included: moving several never‑used or duplicate fees into consolidated categories; adding discounts for military, first responders, Mill Creek City employees and Mill Creek precinct UPD families (city employees receive a 20% discount without tax consequences); and maintaining a 50% nonprofit discount. Dudley explained the IRS treatment: employee discounts greater than 20% are a taxable fringe benefit, so the handout proposed a 20% employee discount by default and an optional 75% discount that would be taxable as income if chosen.
Council members praised Dudley’s accounting rigor and said the updated budget and fee schedule will help staff manage departmental spending and better track grants and project expenses. The ordinance adopting these amendments (25‑02) passed unanimously by roll call.
