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Grand Island staff outline FY26 finance and IT budget changes, citing higher audit and software costs
Summary
Assistant city administrator Patrick Brown presented a FY26 finance and IT budget that includes a higher audit contract, reorganizations in finance, and increased IT licensing and security costs. Council asked for hiring and costing details before final approval.
Assistant City Administrator and Chief Financial Officer Patrick Brown on Aug. 21 presented the finance and information-technology portions of the city's proposed fiscal year 2026 budget, telling the Grand Island City Council that audit and software costs are the primary drivers of operating increases.
Brown said finance department personnel services are budgeted to rise 3.8 percent while operating expenses are up 31.9 percent, attributing the larger jump mainly to outside audit work and a new financial reporting module. "Most of that cost is audit cost," Brown said, adding he had "budgeted 120 up from 70k." He also described a…
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