Red Bank work session: budget timeline, trail donations and contracts reviewed
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Summary
Commissioners reviewed the FY27 budget calendar, heard three trail-related consent items (a donated trail design/construction and a volunteer-MOU with SORBA), and discussed several contract items including an audit contract, HR/payroll platform options and air-scrubbing equipment for fire stations.
At its work session, the Red Bank Board of Commissioners reviewed several administrative and consent-agenda items including the FY27 budget calendar, trail partnerships, procurement recommendations and upcoming public hearings.
City staff reviewed the proposed budget timeline for FY27, describing four budget workshops in April, capital-improvements review in late April and deliberations in May before a proposed June adoption. The presentation was informational and no vote occurred at the work session.
The commission also received a presentation on a proposed memorandum of understanding with HGH Construction to donate planning, design and construction services for a natural-surface trail connecting Pine Breeze Road to White Oak Park. The donation would transfer design and construction to HGH while the city retains oversight authority through plan review, inspections and final acceptance. John Covell, who said he is heading the project for HGH Construction, described neighborhood connectivity and estimated the donation value at roughly $15,000.
A separate MOU with the Southern Off Road Bicycle Association (SORBA) would formalize volunteer trail maintenance and bike-related programming in Red Bank. Sunshine Loveless, representing SORBA, outlined plans for volunteer trail days, women’s trail rides and training for qualified trail-crew leads; the MOU requires prior city approval of activities so the city retains control over standards and environmental protections.
On financial items, staff summarized a proposed FY26 audit contract with Johnson, Murphy & Wright for $57,200 (a number the presenter broke into the base audit, crosswalk work and single-audit costs tied to federal funding). Staff also described a recommended HR/payroll system and service arrangement to replace an antiquated local payroll process; presenters noted a one-time setup fee and annual costs with anticipated efficiency gains. Separately, staff explained a planned purchase of air-scrubbing systems for Fire Stations 1 and 2 to remove particulates and contaminants from vehicle bays and turnout gear; the equipment would be paid from ARC facilities-improvement funds and requires ongoing filter replacement.
The work session also previewed an interim-judge appointment to fill a short vacancy, a beer-board item and multiple rezoning hearings to be scheduled for the regular meeting. No formal actions were recorded in the work session minutes presented.