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University Heights council approves amended FY2026 budget, citing $185,000 net cash increase
Summary
The University Heights City Council unanimously approved Resolution 26-24 on May 19, 2026, amending the fiscal year 2026 budget to reflect higher hotel/motel and sales-tax receipts and adjustments to bond proceeds, increasing some expense lines while trimming capital-projects and health-insurance contingencies; the council recorded a projected net cash increase of about $185,000.
The University Heights City Council voted 5–0 on May 19 to adopt Resolution 26-24, approving amendments to the fiscal year 2026 budget following a brief presentation and a public hearing at which no one testified.
A presenter told the council the notice for the public hearing had been published May 7 and summarized revenue and expense changes that drove the amendment. "We're increasing the total of those by 20,000," the presenter said, referring to hotel/motel and local option sales-tax receipts projected to outpace earlier budget estimates. The presenter also reported adding $36,000 in charges for service to cover police details tied to university football traffic and salvage-title fees, and adjusting bond-proceeds figures to match actual receipts.
The presenter said staff reduced the budgeted police health-insurance line by about $19,000 after a larger-than-expected drop in premiums, and identified roughly $10,000 in additional expendable funds likely to be transferred to service accounts. General-government spending rose by a little over $20,000, mainly for increased legal fees, and debt-service costs were increased by roughly $22,000 to cover bond-attorney and financial-adviser fees. Capital-projects appropriations were lowered to about $11,368,000 to preserve runway for June expenditures. Overall, the changes produced a projected net cash improvement of about $185,000 for the fiscal year.
Mayor [name not specified] called for questions, and, after a short exchange, a councilmember moved to approve the resolution. The motion was recorded as "Motion by Nick, second by Lisa" by the clerk; a roll-call vote recorded aye votes from Weir, Herbal, Moore, Schroeder and Swills and the resolution passed 5–0.
The council did not receive written correspondence or public testimony on the amendment during the hearing. The adopted changes will be reflected in the city's published budget documents for FY2026 and in the detailed nine-page worksheet staff said was previously provided to council members.
The council returned to other agenda items after the vote; there was no further action on the budget at the meeting.
