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Committee approves rollover resolutions, limits general-fund rollovers to public safety aid
Summary
The Budget Committee approved a resolution to roll over select unspent 2025 appropriations into 2026, limiting general-fund rollovers this year and describing $85 million in nongeneral rollovers (largely CPED special revenue) and council-mandated items of about $5 million.
The Minneapolis Budget Committee voted to approve the administration's proposed rollovers of unspent 2025 appropriations into 2026 after a presentation from finance staff that described a narrowed rollover approach for this year.
Finance staff told the committee the office limited general-fund rollovers because the city was close to its policy threshold and rolling general-fund balances like prior years would have produced an unsustainable baseline. Instead, the 2026 resolution prioritized restricted public-safety aid within the General Fund and allowed the usual automatic rollovers for multi-year capital and grant projects. The presentation also identified roughly $85 million in nongeneral-fund rollovers mostly tied to CPED special-revenue projects and about $5 million of council-mandated rollovers for housing vouchers and related items.
Deputy presenters said departments were asked to submit encumbrance detail (purchase orders and project-level requests) and that the finance office assessed requests against fund health and legal restrictions. The chair moved approval and the motion passed on voice vote.
Council members asked about future rollover trends; finance staff said that substantial rollovers in the near term were unlikely for the General Fund until the fund balance is rebuilt and reiterated that public-safety pressures drove much of the current fiscal constraints.
