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Council briefed on Budget Amendment No. 2: multiple carry-forwards, grants and contract adjustments
Summary
City staff presented Budget Amendment No. 2 for FY25–26, a package of carry-forwards, grant acceptances and transfers that preserves previously obligated funds and shifts certain appropriations into FY26.
City staff presented Budget Amendment No. 2 for fiscal year 2025–26 during Wednesday’s work session, outlining multiple carry-forwards, grant acceptances and transfers across enterprise and general-fund programs.
Highlights staff described include:
- Construction mitigation fund carryover: $168,000 would be carried into FY26 to support approximately 56 additional $3,000 construction mitigation grants, supplementing the $350,000 program approved for FY26.
- IMS market-rate adjustments: $159,414 requested to bring select Information Management Services positions to market rate per recommendations from the Citizens Compensation Advisory Committee.
- IT carry-forward: $2,241,088 to cover equipment, software and contracts obligated in FY25 but not yet paid.
- Transfer from mayor’s office: $50,000 to correct an item that was reflected in the mayor’s budget but not added to IMS’s budget.
- Golf fund carry-forward: Approximately $957,000 to pay outstanding obligations encumbered in FY25 (greens work, range fencing, roofing, stairs, simulators).
- Green Bike expansion: Acceptance of more than $600,000 in federal funding to support nine new stations and bikes, with a $44,000 city match.
- Interest revenue from bond proceeds: $6,355,027 from unspent bond proceeds’ interest to be allocated to the capital improvement program for the projects originally approved with the bonds.
- Fleet fund carry-forward: Approximately $13.2 million to complete vehicle purchases (including long-lead items such as fire engines) ordered in FY25.
- Building improvements and wireless door-release system: A one-time transfer of about $414,000 to CIP for safety enhancements to city buildings and $35,000 for wireless door-release systems.
- Public Utilities housekeeping: Carry-forward for grant proceeds and capital purchases; bond proceeds related to the public utilities campus will be housed in the water fund for now.
- Volunteers of America contract: Housing Stability Division requests $301,000 to cover VOA street outreach and a safety/community liaison for the homeless resource center; staff said previously unspent tenant-assistance funding is being used to supplement VOA for FY26 while the tenant program is being redesigned.
- Sustainability carry-forward: Approximately $9.3 million to cover waste and recycling fleet vehicles and environment and energy division needs.
- Impact fee revenue correction: An underreported $678,000 in impact-fee revenue from FY25 to be formally recognized and allocated to the Fair Park basketball court project.
Why it matters: The amendment preserves funding for contracts and projects that were obligated in FY25 but not expended, accepts grant dollars and reallocates funds so departments can continue planned work in FY26. Staff said enterprise and internal-service funds must present carry-forward requests; general-fund carry-forwards are handled differently.
Council discussion: Council members asked about the distinction between enterprise and general-fund carry-forwards, the timing and security of federal grant reimbursements given the federal political environment, and specific items such as undergrounding powerlines or mitigation funding for WUI risks. Staff offered to provide a list of outstanding grants and to consult with federal contacts in Washington, D.C., about continuity of funding for key grants.
Next steps: Staff said a public hearing on the budget amendment is scheduled for the evening formal meeting, after which the council can vote on the amendment.
