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Council committees approve budget amendment substitute and move forward 2026 resurfacing assessments
Summary
Budget staff offered a substitute amendment to the 2025 appropriation to cover retro pay, overtime, transfers to EMS, a $350,000 special-assessment note and a $1 million increase in the liability self-insurance fund. Public Service committee also advanced a set of 2026 resurfacing assessment resolutions (arterial/collector, residential, unimproved and ODOT LPA segments).
The Budget & Finance and Public Service committees advanced a package of budget and street-improvement items to full council.
At Budget & Finance, administration presented a substitute budget amendment intended to address higher-than-expected costs in 2025. Wheeler said the substitute accounts for retroactive pay, overtime and longevity increases; it requests an additional $350,000 in special-assessment debt service (note) and about $50,000 to finish a vendor payment…
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