Council approves school and city budget amendments; finance officials report healthy sales-tax trend
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The Clinton City Council approved two separate budget amendments — one for the Clinton City School system and one for city finances — after hearing reports from the school board and finance director. Officials said school nutrition cash flow is protected despite a federal shutdown and that city sales-tax revenues are running above last year.
The Clinton City Council approved two budget amendments on motions during its regular meeting.
Kelly Johnson, presenting the Clinton City School Board report, said the school system will present Budget Amendment No. 1, a net increase of $132,000 in expenditures primarily to reflect a seating project at Clinton Elementary School’s auditorium that fell into the current fiscal year. “The lion’s share of that resides with our Clinton Elementary Auditorium. The new seating project fell in our current fiscal year,” Johnson said. The council moved, seconded and approved the school budget amendment by roll call.
Gail, the city’s finance director, reported the city currently shows about $3.2 million in excess expenditures over revenues year-to-date, driven largely by capital outlay spending. Gail said the city is about a month behind on property-tax collections but noted sales-tax receipts were strong compared with last year. “We’re 24% above last year,” Gail said. Gail presented the city’s Budget Amendment No. 1, which reduces reserves by just over $1 million, with roughly $84,000 coming from unassigned fund balance. The council moved, seconded and approved the city budget amendment by roll call.
On school nutrition, Johnson told the council the program has sufficient fund balance to continue operating through a temporary lapse in federal reimbursements tied to the government shutdown and expects reimbursements once federal offices reopen.
Both amendments passed in recorded votes during the meeting. No amendments to either motion were recorded during the discussion.
The council also received routine financial summaries and questions from members but did not take additional budget actions beyond the two amendments.
