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Huntington council approves adjustments to FY2025 budget and adopts FY2026 budget and certified tax rate
Summary
The Huntington City Council approved adjustments to the FY2025 budget, adopted the FY2026 budget and approved the certified tax rate (0.000697). Council heard line-item changes and fund-level numbers during a public hearing before unanimous voice votes on the resolutions.
During a public hearing on June 18, Huntington city staff presented adjustments to the fiscal year 2025 budget and the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget. The council then approved Resolution 4-2025 to adjust FY2025, Resolution 5-2025 to adopt the FY2026 budget, and Resolution 6-2025 to accept the county-set certified tax rate of 0.000697.
Staff summarized FY2025 changes as line-item adjustments that increased total revenue and shifted expenditures across several funds. Among the adjustments noted were increases to parks and recreation (from $379,550 to $417,550), highways and public improvements (from $331,700 to $367,200) and debt service (from $10,000 to $41,730). Capital projects revenue and expenses were shown increasing from $110,168 to $131,668. The presenter said the revised FY2025 total revenue figure would be $1,300,630 after adjustments.
For fiscal year 2026, staff presented a proposed total revenue of $1,164,860. Line items included general government at $288,950; public safety roughly $100,000; highways and public improvements at $332,200; parks, recreation and public property listed in the packet; debt service to the municipal building authority at $41,410 and a transfer to capital projects of $75,000. The capital projects line included $30,000 of previously received ARPA funds that are budgeted to be spent in FY2026. The utility fund was shown with revenue of $523,600 and expenses of $540,891; the secondary fund revenue was $86,000 with expenses at $45,000; perpetual care was listed at $11,000.
Councilmembers had no public comments during the hearing. After discussion, the council voted to close the hearing and adopted the FY2025 adjustments and the FY2026 budget by motion and voice vote. The council also approved the certified tax rate set by the county, 0.000697, by motion.
The adoption authorizes staff to proceed with budgeted purchases and capital work as described in the packet and directs staff to implement the budget for FY2026.
