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Shepherdsville council reviews large budget amendments and will consider formal votes at next meeting
Summary
Council members heard extensive line‑by‑line readings of amendments to the FY2024–25 general and sewer budgets, including revenue and appropriation adjustments; staff will bring the formal amendments back for formal vote after providing supporting documents and clarifications.
Shepherdsville — City staff on Sept. 8 read a set of proposed amendments to the city’s general and sewer operation budgets for fiscal year July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025, noting changes in estimated revenues, appropriations and carryforward fund balances.
The readings (ordinances 025033 for the general budget and 025032 for sewer) include many line‑item changes: several revenue categories were revised upward (for example, total estimated revenues for the general fund were read as adjusted upward from $26,471,923.78 to $29,002,995.69 in the reading) and several department appropriations were updated. For the sewer operation budget staff read revisions that increased total estimated revenue and total resources available for appropriations (for example, sewer total estimated revenues read as $8,036,898.41 after amendments).
Council members asked whether amending a prior fiscal year’s budget is permissible. City counsel said the council has authority to amend a budget at any time and that the readings were intended to increase transparency and show what the city actually finished with for the year. Several members urged that moving forward the council should adopt amendments before anticipated spending where possible and that line‑overruns be brought to council for prior approval.
Council agreed to have staff provide full supporting schedules and to reprint the proposed ordinance for formal vote at a subsequent meeting; no final budget vote was taken that night. City staff emphasized that a large carryover number reflected timing and accounting around a major aquatic center project and ARPA funds that temporarily affect totals.
The council also approved reading and scheduling for a sewer‑budget ordinance adopting changes to projected capital expenditures, connections revenue and fund balances; staff said capital expense adjustments reflect timing of projects and permits that delayed work into the current fiscal year.
Next steps: staff will supply detailed backup schedules and the ordinances will be on the next meeting agenda for formal consideration and vote.
