Finance director flags Oct. 15 tax deadline; council moves to consider five ordinances

Shelby’s director of finance told the City Council the Oct. 15 extended tax-return deadline is approaching and said the city’s year-to-date collections are slightly up, which may create scope for additional appropriations.

“About time to get off, finally, and finally documents and bring them down to the city hall. It’s also that time of year where we start getting a little antsy as far as line items in the, the budget,” Director of Finance Crawford said. “Particularly, we're gonna struggle with the fire bridal and also the collections are slightly up for the year. If we're lucky, we might be able to appropriate more funds due to the increased tax collections.”

Crawford said he expects to introduce legislation at the next council meeting related to those items. The law director reported no items for the council on the record.

Separately, during new business a councilmember moved that the council vote on the following ordinances: Ordinance 24-20-25, Ordinance 25-20-25, Ordinance 26-20-25, Ordinance 27-20-25 and Ordinance 28-20-25. The motion included a remark that the items “are significant” and “warrant a little more deliberation.” The transcript does not record a roll-call vote, the identity of the motion maker or the final disposition of those ordinances during this meeting.

Council members and staff moved on to other reports after those remarks; the council scheduled to revisit legislative items at a future meeting, according to the finance director’s comments.