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Rochester Hills adopts FY2024 fourth‑quarter budget amendments; officials warn police fund will absorb Oakland County shortfall
Summary
City Council voted unanimously to adopt fiscal year 2024 fourth‑quarter budget amendments that finalize about $54.9 million in capital work and reallocate fund balances. City finance staff warned that recent Oakland County Sheriff rate increases will force use of police fund balance and that a multi‑month plan is needed for 2026 and beyond.
Rochester Hills City Council on Dec. 16 adopted fourth‑quarter amendments to the city’s fiscal 2024 budgets, finalizing $54.9 million in capital projects and approving a set of transfers and carryovers that leave significant work to be completed in 2025.
Finance staff presented the amendments as part of the city’s year‑end accounting and projection process. “We have been very, very busy this year,” City staff member Mr. Snyder said during the presentation, detailing program-by-program spending and the money being carried over into the next fiscal year.
The amendments increase total citywide revenues by about $4.1 million and reduce proposed expenditures by $25.4 million, producing a net positive impact on fund balances of roughly $29.6 million; roughly $17 million of the work will be carried into 2025 to complete projects not…
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