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Council weighs LOST allocations, fireworks funding and capital priorities
Summary
Council reviewed the draft budget and local option sales tax allocations, debated shifting some road expenses back to the road‑use fund, discussed seeding a $50,000 library savings account, and considered restoring fireworks funding to a fuller show; staff will return with revised numbers for March.
Council received a detailed run‑through of the draft budget and local option sales tax (LOST) projections, with staff proposing several reallocations and adjustments ahead of the March hearings.
Staff suggested moving certain routine road contractor work and striping out of the general LOST fund and back into the road‑use fund so those dollars remain dedicated to road maintenance. The council discussed removing or postponing an amphitheater project and instead preserving unassigned LOST dollars for other priorities. Staff proposed transferring $50,000 into a library savings account (a CD) to support the previously discussed lot purchase and possible expansion.
On community programming, members debated the scale of the annual fireworks display and whether to supplement donations to restore a larger show; one councilor suggested budgeting $15,000 from LOST to reach a fuller program. Staff cautioned that the city’s revenue estimate was conservative relative to a higher state estimate and that final figures would be fixed for the March publication and subsequent hearings.
Council asked staff to return in March with a revised street list and updated revenue/expense projections and emphasized that budget figures can be amended later; several capital projects (bridge intersection, sewer lining, fire addition, pickleball courts) will also be revisited with more precise estimates.
