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Altoona City Council adopts amended FY2025 budget to move planned projects and cover stormwater payment
Summary
The Altoona City Council adopted an amended FY2025 budget Dec. 2 that shifts several projects from FY2024 into FY2025 — including a $1.68 million City Fiber project and a $1.52 million stormwater payment — and funds unanticipated traffic- and safety-related items.
The Altoona City Council on Dec. 2 adopted an amended fiscal 2025 budget that moves previously planned but unfinished FY2024 projects into the new fiscal year and covers several unanticipated expenses. The resolution passed by roll call vote, 5-0.
Finance Director Andy Lent told the council the amendment is procedural and required after several projects planned for FY2024 were not completed on schedule. Lent listed the largest items being carried into FY2025: a City Fiber Project of $1.68 million, ARPA-funded IT hardware totaling $155,804, and Spring Creek improvements tied to the Stubbs Development Agreement at $838,327. The amendment also accommodates expenses that were not originally anticipated, including flasher installations at 9th Street NE and 80th ($14,109), traffic-control costs at Adventureland Drive and Prairie Meadows Drive ($30,804), and a stormwater infrastructure payment to Prairie Crossing Investment Inc. ($1,516,969).
The council held a public hearing on the amendment; no members of the public spoke. Mayor Pro Tem Boka moved adoption and the council approved the amendment unanimously.
The budget amendment changes the timing of planned work rather than authorizing new projects, Lent said. The council did not alter program scopes during the vote. The amended budget takes effect as adopted for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
