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Council hears FY2025-26 budget amendment draft showing targeted revenue gains and expense adjustments
Summary
City staff outlined proposed increases to FY2025-26 revenues (building permits, logging sales, interest income) and corresponding expenditure adjustments across public safety, building repairs, library capital items, and a placeholder for potential debt service; council took the presentation as informational and posed no substantive objections during the hearing.
City staff presented proposed Amendment No. 1 to the FY2025-26 budget at a public hearing, describing higher-than-expected revenues and a set of associated expenditure changes.
Staff said building-permit and license revenue is up, nuisance collections and logging-sale receipts materialized this year, and investment-income is stronger because of higher interest rates. On the expenditure side, the amendment lists higher training and medical-supply costs for fire and ambulance services, police overtime tied to staffing shortages, building repairs (including an elevator claim), traffic-safety equipment funded by a grant, and additional line items in culture and recreation including a library boiler expense and a donated bookmobile that was expensed through city accounting.
Staff noted a bonding contingency on debt service was included in case a planned bond issues in June; if it does not, that expenditure will be removed. Council members had no substantive objections and no amendments were offered during the hearing.
Next steps: staff will incorporate public comments and return the amendment for formal council consideration as required by statute.
