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City outlines FY2026 budget openings; SAFER grant hires and vehicle purchases highlighted
Summary
Finance staff described a large year-end budget opening to roll over projects and account for new revenues, noting use of a three-year SAFER grant to hire firefighters, purchases of ambulances and a ladder truck, and reimbursement for the city's shelter.
Finance staff summarized a substantial FY2026 budget opening to accommodate rollovers, new revenues and end-of-year adjustments.
Mr. Welch told the council the SAFER grant had funded recent firefighter hires seen earlier in the meeting and that the three-year grant will ramp down over time. "That's a three-year grant that ramps down," he said, noting the hiring benefit was visible in the new academy graduates introduced at the start of the study session.
The opening also covers new ambulance purchases and a ladder truck expected for delivery in July; pumper trucks ordered with expected delivery in 2028 carry an estimated $2 million price tag. Welch said financing or lease proposals would be forthcoming to spread those costs over time. He also flagged an asphalt overlay project (a joint effort with Taylorsville), additional arena operating expenditures covered by arena revenue, a long-delayed backup generator replacement and roughly $1 million in reimbursements tied to the city's shelter now designated permanent rather than temporary for tax distribution purposes.
Mr. Welch presented the budget-opening rationale as routine year-end cleanups and project rollovers and invited questions; no formal council action was taken at the study meeting on the opening itself.
