Council reviews proposed FY2026 budget amendment covering equipment repairs and reappropriations
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Summary
City treasurer Allen Owens presented a budget amendment that would fund repairs to animal-control equipment and reappropriate capital funds for vehicles purchased after fiscal year-end; the amendment will appear as an ordinance on the Oct. 14 agenda.
Allen Owens, city treasurer, presented proposed amendment '25-15 to the fiscal-year-2026 budget addressing two components: operational repairs and reappropriation of prior-year capital funds.
Operational requests included $4,000 to repair an animal-control vehicle and $7,500 to repair a lean-to structure used by animal-control operations. Owens said the city had requested that Marshall County share one-half of the lean-to cost; he reported that county budget director Robin had the request and staff would seek a definitive county response by the coming Thursday.
Owens proposed funding the $4,000 in vehicle repairs from three economic-development line items (approximately $2,000 from advertising, $3,000 from travel and $2,007.50 from supplies) rather than from fund balance. He said those reallocations would leave Jennifer’s budget with adequate remaining funds for the year.
The amendment also requests reappropriation of capital amounts that were budgeted in the prior fiscal year but not completed by June 30: roughly $298,000 for a fire truck recently taken delivery of and about $101,000 for two police vehicles received after year-end. Those amounts would be paid from the fund balance carried over from the prior year.
Owens fielded procedural questions about county reimbursement and said he hoped to have final word from the county by Thursday. The council agreed to place the ordinance on the Oct. 14 agenda for formal action.
