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Willis reviews FY 2025–26 budget, adds IT accounts and $109,200 to General Fund spending
Summary
City Manager Sheyi Ipaye presented the proposed FY 2025–26 budget adjustments that introduce new IT account codes and increase General Fund expenditures by $109,200 (and Enterprise Fund expenditures by $23,400), which staff said will improve tracking and planning for technology investments across departments.
City Manager Sheyi Ipaye reviewed the proposed Fiscal Year 2025–26 budget at the Aug. 19 Willis City Council meeting, highlighting a set of accounting changes intended to improve tracking of technology costs.
Ipaye said the revisions create new IT account codes for Computer/Server Hardware, Computer/Server Supplies, and IT Services and allocate those accounts across multiple departments. He told the Council the changes are intended to provide more accurate reporting of technology-related expenditures and to better plan for necessary IT upgrades.
Key changes in the General Fund include added funding for JustFOIA open-records software, increased stipends for the mayor and council, and redistributed IT allocations for Administration, Community Development, Police, Public Works and Court. Those updates increase General Fund expenditures by $109,200, reducing projected FY26 revenues-over-expenditures from $828,370 to $719,170 per the staff presentation.
Enterprise Fund adjustments affecting Utility Billing, Water Production, Water Distribution, Wastewater Collection and Wastewater Treatment increase Enterprise Fund expenditures by $23,400 and moved the projected FY26 revenues-over-expenditures from –$1,360,136 to –$1,383,536.
Why it matters
The accounting changes reclassify and centralize IT spending across departments, which staff described as improving budgeting transparency and allowing more deliberate planning for equipment and services. The increases are modest relative to the overall budget but change the city’s projected surplus/deficit positions for FY 2026 planning.
What’s next
Council set a public hearing on Sept. 16, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. to receive comments on the proposed FY 2025–26 budget; staff will publish the proposed budget and the updated revenue/expenditure projections before that hearing.
