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Brooksville receives midyear budget, CIP and grants update; staff eyes wastewater, North Avenue, and generator projects
Summary
Finance and public-works staff gave a midyear update showing most departments under 50% spent, ad valorem collections at roughly 88.7%, and fire-assessment collections at about 81.3%. Staff reported a $3 million design award for the wastewater treatment project plus a $1 million appropriation and outlined timelines for North Avenue sidewalks, road milling and grant applications for resilience projects.
City finance and public-works staff presented a midyear fiscal update and procurement/CIP report Tuesday, telling the Brooksville City Council that most departments are showing less than 50% of budgetary expenditures through March, with anticipated end-of-year adjustments.
Finance Director Autumn Sullivan said the general fund has collected more than 50% of the budgeted revenue so far; she noted ad valorem collections are at approximately 88.65% and the fire assessment at about 81.33%. Council asked about higher-than-expected spending in HR and the city manager's office; staff explained wellness expenditures were recorded and reimbursed and that payroll timing affects percentages.
Procurement Administrator Emily Bennett reviewed active and upcoming projects: a scoreboard installation with steel set to begin May 4; garbage bins ordered with serial numbers tied to addresses and slotted for June delivery (364 bins ordered; Southway Villas will receive the first deliveries); North Avenue sidewalk surveying underway with a mid-summer completion expected; and the road milling/resurfacing program covering 16 streets targeted for July completion unless schedules change.
On grants, staff summarized closeout work on a sewer-rehabilitation phase that could reduce or forgive $2.8 million of the original loan after SRF inspection, and they said the city awarded design and permitting for the wastewater-treatment project and is pursuing multiple community-project funding requests. Staff also noted FEMA mitigation applications for a surge tank and lift-station generators and signaled intent to apply for Florida DEP resilience grants when they open.
Council thanked staff for transparency, asked staff to continue pursuing grants across departments, and gave general direction that infrastructure projects (roads, drainage, wastewater) are a high priority for grant-seeking in the near term.
