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Council reviews FY25 proposed budget amendments, including equipment rollovers and $350,000 rebranding allocation
Summary
Finance staff outlined proposed September fiscal-year 2025 budget amendments totaling $5,399,717, including equipment rollovers in Streets and Sanitation, unplanned employee payouts, and a $350,000 transfer from Fund 78 for rebranding implementation that is part of a near-$1 million rebranding effort.
Chantelle Macy, finance controller, presented proposed fiscal-year 2025 budget amendments at the council work session, saying the city published public notices and will hold a public hearing on Sept. 18.
Macy summarized the package: total proposed amendments of $5,399,717, with general-fund amendments totaling $620,432. Significant items include Streets equipment rollover ($1,036,900) and Sanitation equipment rollover ($1,488,388) for purchases approved in 2024 but arriving later, and $303,020 to cover unplanned employee payouts for leave liabilities. Macy said some transfers move existing savings between accounts rather than increase total available funds.
Council asked about the rebranding allocation in amendment #4: a $350,000 transfer from Fund 78 described as funding the final rebranding implementation. Chief of Staff Dan Nichols said the city set aside nearly $1,000,000 for rebranding overall and that the $350,000 will fund implementation items such as fire-station signage, parks projects, police car changeovers and animal-services items; departments are covering smaller, routine items from their budgets when possible. Nichols said most rebranding work is being contracted to local vendors.
Council members asked for a full accounting of total rebranding costs; Nichols said staff will provide a complete accounting once implementation concludes. Council also clarified that some equipment purchases budgeted in 2024 were ordered but could not be delivered within the same fiscal year, so the amendment rolls the appropriation into FY25 rather than request new funds.
Finance staff provided a table (not included in the public packet) showing the original FY25 budget, prior February amendments, and the proposed September amendments for council review. Staff said some proposed items reflect transfers from reserves and not new spending authority for the city as a whole.
Council scheduled the public hearing and noted that any invoices or work not completed by Sept. 30 may roll into the next fiscal year and require separate amendments.
