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Council approves FY2025 budget amendment to buy street sweeper; public hearing held and closed
Summary
Perry City Council approved a fiscal-year 2025 budget amendment that reallocates roughly $43,677 in adjusted revenues and appropriates $40,000 to the streets department toward a street sweeper; the total purchase is $80,000 with the storm drain fund covering half.
The Perry City Council unanimously approved a fiscal-year 2025 budget amendment Thursday to account for adjusted revenues and to purchase a street sweeper that city staff said will reduce contracted street‑sweeping costs.
City finance staff said adjustments to Class C road funds and revised tax-increment estimates produced $43,677 in additional available revenue to appropriate. The council approved a motion to place $40,000 into the streets budget and to adjust transfers; city staff and department heads said the storm drain fund will pay the other $40,000, making the purchase price $80,000.
Shanna, the city finance officer, summarized the amendment before the required public hearing: the changes account for Class C funds planned for the 1200 West project and adjust the RDA tax‑increment transfer after updated sales-tax figures. After opening and immediately closing the public hearing (no public comment), the council moved to vote on the resolution.
Zach, public works, explained the operational rationale for the sweeper and the payback estimate. "With $80,000, if we were to just take this year's cost of what it would be, it would pay itself back in 4 years," Zach told the council, citing steep recent bids for contracted sweeping and the value of more frequent, targeted cleanings during storm and construction events.
Zach told the council the city currently spends more than $20,000 for two contracted sweepings each year and that costs had recently jumped by about 40% for the lowest bid. He said owning a sweeper would enable the city to sweep more often, clean construction debris on 1200 West, and dispatch the machine for storms and problem gutters.
Motion and vote: Council member Osler moved to approve Resolution 2025-05, the fiscal year 2025 budget amendment; a second was recorded and the roll-call vote was unanimous (Council members Young, Walker, Osler, Wright and Tueller voted yes). The council recorded the public hearing and then adopted the amendment.
Why it matters: The amendment formalizes revenue and transfer adjustments and commits the city to a capital purchase aimed at reducing operations costs and improving maintenance response time.
