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Manassas Park manager presents FY27 operational budget with training, audit and ERP costs rising
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Summary
City Manager presented the draft FY27 operational budget at a work session, proposing a $15,000 training fund for the governing body, reorganizing several staff positions, and budgeting higher audit and professional‑services costs tied to an anticipated Tyler ERP go‑live.
City Manager led a work‑session review of the city’s proposed FY27 operational budget, saying he increased the governing‑body training fund to $15,000 and reorganized several staff positions to align supervision and program oversight.
Why it matters: The proposed changes shift modest sums between departments while adding budget room for an expected increase in audit and professional‑services costs tied to the city’s planned ERP implementation. Those choices affect operating flexibility, election costs and how staff will manage collections and capital projects.
City Manager (speaker 2) said the training line had previously been $4,000 for all members and that he “just plugged in $15,000” for the year to cover higher attendance and participation. He told council the resulting change is included in the operations budget rather than called out as a separate line.
Staff also moved a staffer identified as Kelly into the City Manager’s Office after a supervisory reorganization, and the manager said salary lines were adjusted to reflect planned mid‑year raises. The finance director (speaker 12) said the city is recovering previously uncollected compensation‑board reimbursements from the state, a factor that will raise revenue lines for FY26 and help FY27 planning.
Finance director and staff told council the city solicited bids for the annual audit and budgeted the audit line conservatively after receiving proposals: the current audit outlay was described as about $65,000 and staff budgeted an audit line near $80,000 pending award. The finance director said consultants (I. Bailey and KTEC) will be retained through the ERP go‑live to smooth the transition and advised the council the city hopes to onboard a new audit firm in June and go live with Tyler in July to improve bank reconciliations and capital‑asset tracking.
Treasurer (speaker 10) reported a collections milestone, saying the treasurer’s office had tracked roughly $5 million in personal‑property tax receipts for 2025 and described a state debt‑setoff program the city expects to join; the program would allow the state to intercept refunds or certain lottery winnings to satisfy local delinquencies.
Council members pressed staff for more line‑item detail for the broadly labeled 'operations' buckets, specifically the roughly $642,000 operations total that covers insurance, printing, binding and municipal‑code posting. Staff said they will provide department‑level line‑item spreadsheets as a secondary document.
What’s next: Staff will return with a more detailed spreadsheet and with recommendations for auditing and ERP procurement. The council will consider rate‑advertising and formal budget actions on the calendar before final adoption.
