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Highlands City Council reviews FY25–26 revenue funds, debt service and capital priorities
Summary
At an early work session July 22, Highlands City Council received staffbriefings on special revenue and utility funds, planned certificate issuances for street projects, park and drainage capital needs and a slate of supplemental requests that would lower the cityfund balance if approved.
Highlands City Council on July 22 received a staff presentation updating the city—s special revenue and utility funds and discussing capital priorities and requested supplementals for the FY2526FY26 budget cycle.
The presentation identified an unplanned increase in principal payments for 2025 (staff said about $30,000 was not included in the adopted budget estimate) and noted staff—s plan to issue 2025 certificates of obligation to fund road reconstruction projects including Holly Shores Boulevard and Holland Village Road reconstruction. Staff also presented fund-by-fund materials on court technology and building-security fees, park-impact (development) fees expected from the Magnolia Village project, peg/cable fees, and the utility/drainage funds.
Why it matters: the items on the table affect the city—s projected revenues, reserve level and the near-term tax-rate/tax-note decisions that will be part of the formal budget adoption process this fall.
Staff highlights and council questions
- Debt service: staff said the 2025 budget did not capture roughly $30,000 in principal payments that arose while a tax note issuance was in process. Staff also presented an estimate for first-year payments tied to a planned certificates of…
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