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City administrator outlines FY26 budget revision; council seeks plain‑language breakdown
Summary
City Administrator Stuart McCray explained a planned FY26 budget revision driven mainly by unspent FY25 allocations (including vacancies) and some new revenues; councilors requested clearer, plain‑language figures and further documentation about gaming and other revenue sources.
City Administrator Stuart McCray told the Sheridan City Council the administration is preparing an FY26 budget revision that will be presented publicly at the next scheduled meeting and that the revision largely reflects unspent FY25 allocations and some additional revenues. McCray said staff is consolidating discretionary items and enterprise‑fund adjustments so the public and council can see the proposed allocations in a single package.
McCray said the reconciliation of FY25 left available funds and that the current draft shows roughly $2.0 million of additional general‑fund resources derived primarily from unspent salary allocations (vacancies across departments) and an approximately $700,000 increase in GPET funds. He emphasized those figures are the result of closing FY25 and reconciling across funds, and that some small, one‑time items (for example interest earned on ARPA‑related funds passed through the county) are included. “Most of that… is unspent allocations,” McCray said, explaining that vacancies — notably in the police department last year — left funds unspent and available for reallocation.
Council members asked clarifying questions: how the public will read the notice that will appear in the paper (McCray said the legal notice may run before the full packet is ready), whether direct distribution amounts are fixed, and whether gaming‑related revenue is visible in the reconciliation. McCray said gaming distributions are collected by the state and routed through the county before allocations reach the city; the city budget had forecasted roughly $500,000 from gaming for FY25 and some of that is likely reflected in the reconciliation.
McCray told the council that staff aims to provide council members an advance notice of the discretionary items before the public advertisement and that the full numeric packet will be presented at the next meeting when councilors and the public can review exact line‑item changes.
What’s next: Staff will publish the notice per statutory timelines and present detailed discretionary items and enterprise fund adjustments at the next regular meeting.
