Myra Cantu, Georgetown’s budget manager, presented the FY2025 capital improvement program (CIP) roll forward and related operational roll-forward items during the council workshop on Jan. 14, 2025, detailing amounts, major projects and the reason for the carryovers.

Cantu said the CIP roll forward represents unspent prior-year capital appropriations that need budget authority in FY2025 because projects remain active or invoices arrived after the fiscal year closed. “This is a total of $612,000,000 across all funds,” Cantu said, adding that interest appropriations tied to those roll-forwards total about $8,700,000.

Why it matters: the roll forward preserves budget authority for ongoing multi‑year projects so the city can pay invoices and continue work without interrupting projects that span fiscal years.

Key figures and projects

- Capital roll forward: $612,000,000 total across all funds; major projects named by staff include the Southlake Water Treatment Plant, Berry Creek Interceptor, St. Gabriel Wastewater Treatment Plant rehabilitation, DB Woods, Shell Road and the Downtown Parking Garage. Exhibit B in the staff packet provides a full project listing, Cantu said.

- Interest appropriation: roughly $8,700,000 across funds tied to the roll-forward balances.

- Operational roll forwards: about $16,000,000 in total. The largest operational item cited was in the water fund — about $7,400,000 for a package plant that staff said is needed because of timing and constraints on debt financing for that element. Solid waste carries about $17,000,000 as staff continue fund cleanup following a reclassification of the solid waste activity into its own enterprise fund.

- Other operational and capital items: Cantu listed a land purchase for future municipal facilities ($800,000), two electric bucket trucks and F-150s for water (fleet purchases), IT projects including $300,000 to expand fiber to Ronald Reagan and $200,000 for Windows servicing license upgrades, an AMI needs assessment ($100,000) and a $100,000 streetlight audit for the electric fund. She also noted $19,000 for a specific training that could not be completed in 2024 because staff were not yet in place.

Timing and process

Cantu said the roll forward is driven in many cases by invoicing timing — work performed in 2024 but invoiced in FY2025 — and by multi‑year project schedules. She told council the amendment will appear for a first reading on the meeting agenda that night and for a second reading later in January; the transcript did not specify an exact calendar date for the second reading. Cantu also noted a customary midyear budget amendment is likely in May to capture changes that occur between January and the midyear update.

Staff asked for questions but did not seek immediate action beyond the ordinance readings; council did not take a vote at the workshop.

Sources: Myra Cantu, budget manager; presentation materials provided to council.