Safety Harbor Commission adopts $19.1 million in budget carryforwards for FY2026

The Safety Harbor City Commission voted unanimously to adopt two related budget resolutions that shift purchase orders and incomplete projects from fiscal year 2025 into fiscal year 2026.

Converse, the city's finance director, told the commission that purchase orders to be carried forward total $12,700,000 and that staff identified roughly $6,400,000 in projects that should be rebudgeted into FY2026. He said the carryforwards cover multiple funds, including $230,000 to the general fund, $1.8 million to stormwater, $448,000 to street improvement, $573,000 in capital projects, $25,000 in sanitation, $2.9 million for water/wastewater renewal and replacement, $400,000 in multimodal impact fees, and $23,000 for parkland.

“Each line item within the exhibit provides a description of the budget activity that recommends adoption,” Converse said, describing the routine year‑end process of closing purchase orders and rebudgeting projects not yet complete.

Commissioners asked whether the projects are likely to be realized next year and whether items had been repeatedly rolled forward. Staff answered that most of the items are POs created in FY2025 and that department heads intend to complete the work in FY2026; they noted that very large projects sometimes extend beyond one fiscal year.

A motion to adopt Resolution 2025‑14 (FY2025 carryforwards) and a subsequent motion to adopt Resolution 2025‑15 (FY2026 adjustments) were each moved, seconded and approved by a 5–0 vote.

What happens next: staff will proceed with closing purchase orders and executing the identified projects in FY2026. Where a particular project will extend beyond FY2026, staff said it will be carried forward again as necessary and tracked in future budget reports.