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Goodyear council approves one‑year carryforward for discretionary funds and raises member allocations
Summary
Council amended the discretionary‑funds policy to allow unspent funds to carry forward for one fiscal year and approved a $19,500 budget amendment increasing member allocations; the measure passed 6-1.
The Goodyear City Council on March 24 updated its discretionary funds policy to permit unspent councilmember funds to carry forward for one fiscal year and approved a related budget amendment increasing member allocations.
Finance Director Jared Askelson told the council the policy change allows carryforward for one fiscal year only; as a result, a councilmember could hold up to two times the annual authorized amount in a single year. The council also approved a budget amendment transferring $19,500 from the city manager's contingency to raise the mayor's discretionary allocation to $7,500 and each council member's allocation to $5,000. The accompanying change will be included in the FY26 budget.
Council approved the policy update and the budget amendment by a 6-1 vote. The transcript records the vote as 6 in favor and 1 opposed; individual roll‑call votes were not recorded in the meeting minutes.
Askelson said the carryforward limit is intended to permit limited flexibility for unspent funds while preventing multi‑year accumulation. The council directed staff to incorporate the amended policy into the FY26 budget documents.
