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Committee reviews multiple budget adjustments: green-waste vendor payment, water emergency contract and prosecutor records software
Summary
Staff described a set of proposed budget adjustments: a $300,000 internal transfer to pay a green-waste vendor backlog, a $250,000 supplemental appropriation for on-call water emergency repairs, and a $175,000 appropriation to buy Carbel records software for the prosecutor's office using settlement funds.
The committee reviewed several separate fiscal-year 2025–26 budget amendments affecting public works, water operations and IT support for law enforcement records.
Staff outlined an ordinance to transfer $300,000 within the TARE refuse fund from capital outlay to other services to pay a vendor to address green-waste backlog until a commercial vendor assumes the contract. Planning and public-works staff said the money is available because a large vehicle order reduced vehicle capital needs this year.
Another ordinance would appropriate $250,000 to the TMUA water operating fund to reinstate an on-call emergency contract that lapsed in the year-end transition; staff said the amount was carried into cash balance during the gap and needs to be re-appropriated so a standing emergency contract can be finalized.
A third ordinance would appropriate $175,000 to the public-safety records management line to buy a software module (referred to as Carbel) for the prosecutor's office. Staff said the funding will come from a settlement with Central Square Technologies for earlier mismanagement of the city's records-management project; the $175,000 covers the prosecutor's integration piece, with ongoing costs expected after implementation. Project managers said the full records-management deployment (police, courts and prosecutor) is currently scheduled to go live in stages: police and courts in May 2026, and the prosecutor piece in fall 2026, pending related contract and tribal-compact issues.
Committee members asked for clarifications about project timing and the portion of overall project costs being requested for the prosecutor's office. Staff said the $175,000 was only for a vendor piece for the prosecutor, with additional ongoing costs to follow, and that the full RCMS effort has been underway for several years.
