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Council approves year-end transfers, supplemental appropriations and pay increases
Summary
Napoleon City Council suspended rules and approved supplemental appropriation and transfer measures to close out 2025, including a $304,000 intra-budget transfer and moving $50,768.46 from an East Washington project fund back to the sewer replacement fund; council also approved pay increases for the law and finance directors.
The Napoleon City Council took a series of year-end fiscal votes on Jan. 19, suspending the normal multi‑reading rules to close out 2025. Council approved an ordinance supplementing the annual appropriation measure, an ordinance authorizing appropriation transfers, and a resolution transferring certain fund balances.
Staff explained the mechanics: appropriation transfers move money between line items within the same fund structure so totals stay balanced. For the transfer ordinance (Ordinance 058‑25) staff reported about $304,000 in line‑item reallocations. For the East Washington sanitary project, staff said Fund 435 (East Washington Street project) had $50,768.46 remaining; the council approved moving that balance back to Fund 521 (sewer replacement fund) now that the project is complete so the city can close 2025 books.
Council also considered pay increases for the City Law Director (Ordinance 001‑26) and the Finance Director (Ordinance 02‑26). Staff noted any approved increases would be retroactive to the start of the applicable pay period. One councilor said personal pay increases are a matter where they prefer three readings when possible; the council proceeded under suspension. Roll-call votes on the appropriation and transfer measures and on the pay ordinances were recorded as affirmative by Brittany Schwab, Jordan Bridal, Tom Weaver, Victor Gaussian and Meredith Bluff.
Nut graf: The votes were procedural but consequential for year-end accounting: suspending the reading rules let the city finalize fund balances and payroll adjustments without a special meeting.
What passed: Ordinance 057‑25 (supplemental appropriation) — passed under suspension; Ordinance 058‑25 (transfer of appropriations) — passed under suspension (reported transfers totaling $304,000); Resolution 059‑25 (transfer of fund balances) — passed under suspension (moved $50,768.46 from Fund 435 to Fund 521); Ordinances 001‑26 and 02‑26 (pay increases for the law director and finance director) advanced with votes recorded.
Council did not identify dissenting recorded votes on these items in the transcript; roll-call tallies recorded five affirmative votes for the measures noted above.
