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Council sets public hearing on midyear budget amendment that would fund roads and record land purchase
Summary
Council reviewed midyear budget amendments driven largely by a recent land purchase and town manager salary recognition; members directed staff to publish a public hearing for next Tuesday and discussed transferring impact‑fee/PTIF funds to pay for road projects.
The town council on March 11 reviewed midyear budget amendments that staff said were necessary to account for a recent land purchase and to allocate the town manager’s salary across funds. Staff told the council the largest single amendments reflected the land acquisition and adjustments to reflect the town manager’s pay split across general, water, parks and roads funds.
Mark and the mayor said staff placed a public hearing for the budget amendments on next Tuesday’s agenda so the council can decide quickly; council members emphasized they want the amendments in place before road work can begin. "We have to put it in the budget because they want to fix the roads," one council member said. Staff proposed transferring about $700,000 from PTIF/impact‑fee accounts and noted roughly $768,000 is currently in BNC road funds and about $1.22 million is held at the state in road accounts.
Discussion covered reassigning printing and mailing costs for water bills from general government to the water enterprise fund, reducing newsletter frequency to lower mailing expenses, and setting aside funds for hydrant and valve replacements. Council asked for more time to review line‑item detail before the Tuesday hearing; staff said forms and a FY27 budget calendar had been distributed to departments to gather capital needs.
The council scheduled a public hearing for the amendments and indicated it may vote at that hearing so planned capital work on roads can proceed once funding is authorized.
