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Tucker council adopts FY2026 budget, approves FY2025 amendment and fee changes while deferring Parks & Rec fee updates
Summary
Council approved a FY2025 budget amendment that consolidates capital projects and front‑funds transfers, adopted the FY2026 operating budget with amendments, and adopted a fee schedule that raises the stormwater utility fee to $8/mo while deferring Parks & Recreation fee changes pending a consultant review.
TUCKER, Ga. — The Tucker City Council on June 9 approved a series of budget actions that reshape capital funding and set the city’s fiscal year 2026 operating plan.
Finance Director Beverly Hilton detailed a FY2025 budget amendment (Resolution R2025‑0616) that consolidates capital projects, reorganizes project funds and front‑funds transfers from the general fund to capital accounts. The amendment included a $5.4 million transfer from the general fund to capitalize projects while maintaining the city’s minimum fund balance policy, she said.
“The goal here was number one, to know what the heck was going on and number two, to be transparent,” Hilton said, summarizing a multi‑year effort to name and consolidate projects so residents and staff can track spending.
On the FY2026 operating budget, staff presented Draft 4 with modest revenue and expenditure updates: added CDBG grant revenue ($50,000) for ADA improvements, an increase in occupational tax revenue ($750,000), adjustments for GASB 97 software accounting and a federal TIP grant of roughly $6.5 million toward the Tucker North Lake Trail that requires local matching funds. Staff said the city’s amended budget shows about $70 million in revenue and $96 million in expenditures when capital roll‑forward is included. Council adopted the FY2026 budget as presented and amended.
Council also considered a resolution to adopt the FY2026 schedule of fees (R2025‑0615). The fee schedule includes several administrative updates, a court processing fee for bail bonds, and a proposed increase in the stormwater utility fee from $6 to $8 per month to fund stormwater improvements. Because Parks & Recreation requested an external fee study, council voted to adopt the new fee schedule while deferring any Parks & Rec fee changes until staff returns with consultant recommendations.
Council members discussed how to make capital project information more accessible online and noted the need to begin design engineering for corridor projects such as the Lawrenceville Highway access/beautification work and the Tucker North Lake Trail right‑of‑way acquisitions. Staff said several projects are grant‑funded or require multi‑year efforts and that CIP inclusion helps keep projects on the horizon.
Next steps: staff will proceed with project and CIP reporting in the next meeting cycle, forward the adopted fee schedule to the county for stormwater billing ahead of July 1 deadlines, and return with Parks & Rec fee recommendations after the consultant completes its review.
