During a special session following committee meetings, President Pro Tem Tim Reisner introduced Ordinance 138-25, an amendment to the 2025 appropriation ordinance (115-24) authorizing interfund transfers to address a shortfall in the city's medical fund.

Reisner moved to suspend the rules because the money needed to be transferred immediately; the committee approved suspension by voice vote. Auditor Hecht explained the ordinance will appropriate funds transferred from proprietary funds back into the general fund to reflect a fair allocation of rising medical costs across departments and to restore the general-fund cash reserve. He noted the general-fund reserve had fallen “to about 5.8%” while the council’s policy target is 7.5%–15%.

Council performed a technical correction to the transfer figure (Member Swank requested the amount be changed from $310,000 to $310,061) and then voted to adopt Ordinance 138-25; the chair called the voice vote and the ayes carried. The ordinance was recorded as passed in committee that evening.

The administration said the interfund transfers are corrective and are intended to repay the general fund for emergency payments made earlier in the year to stabilize the medical fund. Staff said they will include the corrected amounts in the published ordinance and follow the usual accounting and reporting steps.