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Nevada City Council adopts FY25-26 midyear budget adjustments, shifts $40,000 to sewer SCADA project
Summary
The Nevada City Council unanimously adopted a midyear modification to the FY25-26 budget, recognizing updated revenues and moving $40,000 from sewer operations into a SCADA capital project; staff said insurance reimbursements for a completed Public Works Barn project reduced expected receipts this fiscal year.
The Nevada City Council on March 11 adopted a midyear modification to the city's FY25-26 budget, approving adjustments staff said reflect recent actuals, consultant guidance and project closeouts.
Finance Manager Brittany Newnofer presented the midyear package, saying the adjustments rely on ‘‘actuals to date, trend analysis, and... guidance from our outside consultants’’ and recommended the council adopt the resolution to modify the 2025–26 city budget. She told the council most revenue categories showed modest increases but that several line items needed correction after project closeouts and reimbursements were finalized.
Key changes include a decrease to general fund revenues of $65,077, a reduction in special revenues of $3,339, and a one-time reallocation of $40,000 from the sewer operations budget into the sewer SCADA capital improvement project. Newnofer said the $40,000 came from savings in lab testing at the wastewater treatment plant and was directed to the SCADA project to improve telemetry and operational monitoring.
On an insurance-related question, Newnofer said the Public Works Barn rebuild was reimbursed at roughly $1,200,000 in total and that a portion had been received in a prior fiscal year, leaving an expected $646,000 to be received in the current year. "The project ended up being closer to, a total of 1,200,000.0 that was reimbursed," she said, noting the project is complete.
Council members praised the accuracy of the midyear numbers and asked staff about risks that could affect future budgets, including health benefits, pension costs, energy prices and water/wastewater capital needs. Program Manager Steven Erlinson and others warned that large water and wastewater projects may require creative financing because grant funding for those systems is scarce.
Councilmember Fernandez moved to adopt the resolution (referenced in the hearing as resolution number 20 20 six-four); the motion carried on a unanimous roll-call vote. The council did not receive public testimony during the hearing.
The resolution directs staff to implement the midyear adjustments and reflects the council's decision to prioritize modernization of sewer telemetry through the SCADA project. Staff said further budget projections will be provided during the upcoming budget workshop.
