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Board of Aldermen reviews FY2025 budget packet, flags line items to watch
Summary
At a Nov. 19 special meeting the Board of Aldermen reviewed the Fiscal Year 2025 budget packet, identified several revenue and expense lines—court fines, police training, capital equipment and Lift Station 2—that need follow-up, and did not adopt any budget amendments at the session.
The Board of Aldermen met in a special session on Nov. 19, 2024, to review the Fiscal Year 2025 budget packet and to compare current fiscal-year-to-date numbers with the amounts approved July 1. Mayor Filling was present for roll call; there were no public-comment speakers.
Council members and staff walked through the packet page by page. Staff said September figures are final but that some charges and receipts may still post afterward; the meeting was framed as an informational, quarterly-style check rather than a vote on changes. "My intent was for this just to provide an update of where we are versus what was approved in the budget," the meeting moderator said.
Members pressed on revenue lines and several expense categories. Committee and staff figures noted fines and forfeitures are down from 2024, prompting a request to watch court-related revenue into January before increasing expenditures tied to that line. Staff attributed a notable rise in miscellaneous interest income to higher market interest rates and changes in banks.
On operating costs, aldermen pointed at police training and prosecuting attorney lines that already show high percentages after one quarter and urged caution on spending until revenue patterns are clearer. Capital expenditures were discussed with an apparent consolidation effort to show vehicle purchase totals and separate per-vehicle equipment costs; the radar/equipment line shown in the consolidated packet rose from a prior $30,000 figure to about $36,200, staff said.
The committee recommended adjusting two revenue projections (transportation sales tax and a one-cent sales-tax line) upward to avoid a projected deficit of $36,859 that would result after the current set of changes; members said those upward adjustments would restore a small surplus if accepted at the formal meeting where amendments are considered.
Councilors also reviewed project spending that had posted in prior fiscal years. One member said the city recorded roughly $1.3 million of spending on Lift Station 2 in fiscal 2024; staff confirmed expenses are arriving and stated ARPA funds were not used for that work. A related ordinance to reconcile the project and its accounting appears on the regular meeting agenda later that night.
No budget amendments were adopted in the special session. With no further questions, Alderman Lehi moved to adjourn, Alderman Cleave seconded and the ayes carried; the regular board meeting was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
Next steps: staff will continue to reconcile late transactions and present any formal budget amendments and ordinance language at the regular meeting where the council may vote.
