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Needles council approves midyear budget adjustments but declines to add a new police officer
Summary
Council adopted a midyear budget amendment (resolution 2022-46), which accounts for a settled sheriff contract and a $181,000 grant for Jack Smith Point. Staff said the budget does not include funding for a new sworn officer; recruiting a new position would cost about $200,000.
The Needles City Council approved a midyear budget amendment correcting two post-adoption events: an employee-contract settlement for the sheriff’s department and a $181,000 grant for park and walking-path work at Jack Smith Point. Staff reported an approximately $45,000 positive cash-flow variance has been placed into the reserve fund.
Council members asked staff whether the midyear amendment included money to add a sworn officer. Staff responded that the request to create a new officer position—estimated at roughly $200,000—was not funded in the midyear package because doing so would have required cutting other programs; the finance committee did not support funding the position at this time.
The council then opened public comment on the budget item. A handful of residents spoke; one requested a moment of silence for a recently deceased community member. After discussion, a motion to approve the midyear budget amendment was moved and seconded; a roll-call vote was recorded and the motion passed with the vote counts entered on the record.
