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Pleasantville council adopts 2025 operating budget, cites carryover and cemetery funds
Summary
At a Dec. 30 special meeting the Village of Pleasantville adopted its 2025 operating budget (identified in the record as Ordinance 1230 241), emphasizing a 10% carryover target, projected revenues of about $391,000 and an anticipated $30,000 in cemetery perpetual-care funds.
The Village of Pleasantville council on Dec. 30 approved the village's 2025 operating budget, adopting the ordinance and attaching a detailed spreadsheet required for county auditors. Mayor Henderson, who presented the plan, said the village anticipates “about $391,000 in revenue,” driven primarily by property taxes and income taxes.
Henderson said the council uses a carryover—described as savings or a rainy-day fund—to cover deficits when necessary and that the village is using an internal target of about 10% carryover as a working goal. “Carryover is just savings,” he said, adding that the municipality cannot run like the federal government and must have cash on hand to cover deficits.
Why it matters: the budget lays out appropriations across the general, streets, water and other funds and determines staffing, payroll and service levels for 2025. Henderson told council the two largest revenue lines in the general fund are property tax (about $58,000 projected) and income tax (about $160,000 projected). He also noted several smaller revenue sources, including a cable franchise allocation (about $4,000) and a newly projected right-of-way/permit revenue line.
The plan also accounts for a $100,000 loan and related reimbursements that affect year-to-year cash flow, and it anticipates one-time and recurring items such as festival revenues (budgeted net-zero for the event fund) and donations (the presenter cited roughly $20,000 in donations included as a line item).
Council member Sarah moved to approve Ordinance 1230 241 with the attached spreadsheet; Bill seconded. The meeting record shows the motion was approved by roll call. The transcript does not provide a full, named roll-call tally in sequence.
The ordinance and its spreadsheet will be included in the minutes and submitted to the county auditors. Council members asked staff to return follow-up reports comparing budgeted amounts to actuals after year-end.
