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City presents $1.33 million net increase in revised appropriation; KeyBank Tower holding costs and golf fund adjustments highlighted
Summary
Dayton’s Director of Management and Budget presented a First Revised Appropriation with a net $1.33 million General Fund increase, accounting for KeyBank Tower holding costs, a temporary police substation lease, and a $192,900 golf fund adjustment; Preschool Promise annual allocation remains $4.3 million.
Dayton’s Director of Management and Budget, Abbie Patel-Jones, told the commission on May 20 that the First Revised Appropriation increases the General Fund by a net $1.33 million to cover several new or delayed expenses and accounting transfers.
Patel-Jones outlined specific adjustments: a $5,000 increase for firefighter training supplies supported by a 100 Club grant; $47,500 for a delayed parking lease near Day Air Ballpark; $92,000 for a temporary police substation lease with RTA; an approximately $360,000 increase tied to the City assuming holding responsibilities for the KeyBank Tower building; and $30,000 to fund an audit of Flock camera data logs. These increases were largely offset by a $529,500 reduction in nondepartmental funding, Patel-Jones said.
She also described a $192,900 change in the Community Golf Fund (including higher-than-expected renovation costs and funding for a golf simulator) and about $1.1 million in re-encumbered Preschool Promise funds from prior-year balances while confirming the program’s ongoing annual allocation remains $4.3 million.
Commissioner Fairchild asked whether the golf fund was an enterprise fund; Patel-Jones said it is self-sustaining and that the City transfers $50,000 annually to youth programming from golf revenues. Deputy City Manager Joseph Parlette clarified that the golf property was donated more than 100 years ago with a deed restriction requiring it remain recreational land and that the course became an enterprise fund in the 1980s to reinvest revenues into operations.
Patel-Jones said the KeyBank Tower is currently leased but without a lessee, so the City is incurring holding and maintenance costs for the building. The appropriation also reflected fund-specific changes to cover increased snow removal overtime, electricity, streetlight repairs, and Continuum of Care adjustments aligning with final HUD allocations.
No vote on the First Revised Appropriation was recorded in the meeting minutes; the presentation informed subsequent budget and legislative items on the calendar.
