The City Commission advanced a supplemental appropriations ordinance and approved several year‑end and contingency fund transfers at its Jan. 12 meeting.

Finance staff presented the ordinance as a first reading to cover expenses rolled from prior years and unbudgeted costs. Staff described items including street department property improvements (salt shed, boiler labor), a downtown capital project that carried over from 2024 into 2025, the Stony Run land purchase, park and recreation capital improvements, and water and sewer purchases. The ordinance was moved and approved for first reading; the commission set the second reading for Jan. 26.

Separately, staff outlined year‑end fund transfers tied to projects that exceeded budgeted amounts. The presentation noted a $1,400,000 transfer related to the downtown project that was not included in the current budget and raised the transfer‑out amount for a particular fund to about $4,000,002.20 from an original $3,000,007 to cover completed work and carryover costs. Small line items noted included $7.24 recorded for an Anderson family/community band item and $5,000 in opioid‑related funds designated for community counseling. Commissioners moved and approved the year‑end transfers on a roll‑call vote.

Commission staff also presented contingency fund transfers. The contingency account had been budgeted at $213,706; transfers were proposed to cover departmental overages in areas such as engineering (salaries/overtime), inspections, software/professional services, and increased utility costs. Staff reported that approximately $51,002.23 would return to reserves after the transfers. The commission approved those contingency transfers on a roll‑call vote.

What happens next: the supplemental appropriations ordinance will return for a second reading on Jan. 26; the approved transfers take effect per the finance office’s procedures.