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Midway council reviews FY27 tentative budget; staff urges quick action on grant-backed Town Square work
Summary
City staff presented a tentative fiscal year 2027 budget and asked the Midway City Council to adopt the tentative budget at the next regular meeting and set a June 2 public hearing; discussion focused on revenue conservatism, a cemetery moratorium's effect on lot-sale revenue, CIP priorities and a $540,000 grant deadline.
Midway City staff reviewed the tentative fiscal year 2027 budget with the City Council and asked the body to adopt the tentative budget at the next regular meeting and set a public hearing for June 2.
The budget officer (S4) told the council the worksheets submitted by department leads drive the proposed figures and stressed that "nothing in this budget is set in stone," urging members to treat the document as a working draft. S4 outlined the adoption schedule and said staff would post an updated tentative budget before the council's Tuesday meeting.
Council members probed revenue assumptions and timing. S2 questioned a projected franchise-tax figure and whether transient-room tax estimates reflected current occupancy; staff said some estimates are intentionally conservative and that building-permit and franchise revenues can vary throughout the year. The cemetery moratorium was flagged as a near-term revenue pressure: councilors noted prior lot-sale revenue near $80,000 had fallen to about $14,000, and members agreed to lower the next-year estimate to roughly $15,000.
On capital priorities, staff and council discussed sidewalks, pavement surface treatments, light-pole replacements and other CIP items. S4 warned that some CIP entries are placeholders and invited council to prioritize projects during a follow-up work meeting. The council also discussed recent grant awards tied to Town Square improvements and an ice-rink upgrade; S4 reminded the council that approximately $540,000 in grant funds must be spent or returned by the grant deadline, and the council signaled intent to direct those funds toward Town Square and related ADA and rink improvements.
Staff and council agreed on several follow-ups: verify the state gas-tax moratorium's scope and revenue effects, confirm where animal-services contributions should be coded (general fund vs. CIP) and prepare comparative data on mayoral compensation and management structure. No formal budget vote was taken at the work session. The council adjourned after agreeing to take the tentative budget up at the next regular meeting and to set the June 2 public hearing.
