Finance director presents supplemental appropriations including opioid funds and lift‑station repairs; council moves items to Monday

Huber Heights finance staff presented a packet of supplemental appropriation requests and fund reclassifications Monday, largely to reconcile reimbursements and to authorize repairs. Council expressed interest in how opioid settlement funds could be used for prevention programs and agreed to advance the items to the regular meeting Monday for formal consideration.

Key items included: - A $275,000 expected reimbursement from an EDGE grant; staff is requesting the return of the advance from the EDGE fund to the general fund so the city’s prior advance is repaid when county reimbursement arrives. Staff described this as a cash‑flow reclassification rather than a net budget increase. - A proposed $100,000 advance for a pending EDGE grant connected to a PBS Plastics/KE Rose expansion; staff would advance and then return funds when reimbursement comes. - A $8,200 payout to cover a sudden personnel vacation payout. - Utility budget adjustments (a $13,500 additional appropriation for a public works utilities account) and $7,000 for county collection expenses tied to TIF collections. - An additional $88,000 added to the Ohio Opioid Settlement Fund to account for recent receipts; staff estimates the total available is about $125,000–$130,000 and said allowable uses include training and canine (K‑9) program expenses; councilmembers requested a list of approved uses so they can consider prevention programming or other local options. - Note issuance costs totaling $111,500 related to municipal notes issued in late June; staff moved those issues into July to simplify accounting. - A request to appropriate up to $135,000 to repair pumps at two sanitary lift stations, with staff noting actual cost may come in lower (115–120k) but requesting contingency; staff asked for the second reading to be waived so ordering can proceed promptly.

Council asked whether opioid settlement money could support prevention programs; staff said they will research specific approved expenditures and return with a list and suggested a future work session to consider program options. Council had no objections to moving the supplemental appropriations and transfers on for Monday’s meeting and to the suggested emergency/waiver language where needed.

Ending: Staff will prepare formal ordinances for Monday’s meeting, including an item to waive second reading for the lift‑station repairs if council agrees; council asked for a follow‑up on allowable opioid fund uses and for clarity on timing of EDGE reimbursements.