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Finance & Budget Committee recommends amended budget to council and backs posting for procurement administrator
Summary
The committee voted to recommend an amended budget to City Council — including transfers for IT, court and a capital boost for Oak Grove West — and supported posting a procurement administrator position to improve segregation of duties; formal hire remains subject to council approval.
The Finance & Budget Committee voted to recommend an amended budget to City Council and approved a motion to post a procurement/ purchasing administrator position, with hiring contingent on council approval.
Finance staff briefed the committee on five changes in the amended ordinance: an IT rotary transfer to correct device-allocation funding; a $46,000 reduction in the municipal court line; a $50,000 increase for court probation services (furniture); an $80,000 increase in the capital improvement fund for Oak Grove West expansion; and a data‑entry error in the Point Project professional services line (staff said a 'fat finger' caused a $100,000 misentry).
"I fat fingered it," a staff member said when describing the Point Project misentry; staff corrected and explained the change to the committee.
Member (speaker 8) moved to recommend the amended budget to City Council, and Member (speaker 3) seconded the motion. During roll call, committee members recorded affirmative responses from Mister Hoffman, Mayor Bridal and Chair Shafer and the motion was recorded as recommended to council.
On a separate agenda item, staff requested authority to post an advanced job listing for a procurement administrator to create an additional separation of duties recommended by auditors. The requester said posting would not constitute a formal hire and that formal hiring would proceed only with council approval.
"I would like approval to just ... post that job," the requester said, arguing a procurement administrator would act as a purchasing agent and serve as an additional contract check to reduce wire‑transfer and contract risk.
A motion to support the position request was made and seconded; roll call recorded affirmative responses and the committee approved support for posting the position. Members praised staff for in‑house efficiencies during member comments and adjourned the meeting at 03:42.
