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Council reviews first reading of 2026 budget amendment adding rollovers and temporary staffing
Summary
At first reading the council reviewed Ordinance 2841, a 2026 budget amendment that reflects nearly $2.4 million in beginning‑fund balance adjustments, about $1.4 million of added revenue (mainly rollovers), $2.6 million in increased expenses and temporary FTE changes, and will return for further consideration.
Council members heard the first reading of Ordinance 2841, the city’s first 2026 budget amendment, and received a staff report from Finance Director Kristen Reed.
Reed said the primary purpose of the amendment is to reconcile estimated beginning fund balances with actual beginning balances, a variance the staff report quantified at about $2,400,000 driven largely by projects that were not finished as estimated. The amendment moves those amounts into ending fund balance adjustments.
Key numbers presented in the staff report: a revenue increase of about $1,400,000 (mainly grant rollovers and interfund transfers), an expense increase of about $2,600,000, and a net increase in ending fund balance of just over $1,000,000. The amendment includes personnel adjustments: increasing a media services technician position from 0.5 FTE to 1.1 FTE and adding a temporary 0.5 FTE administrative specialist in finance during the implementation of new financial software.
Reed said most items in the amendment had been seen previously on consent; she noted the chart on the ordinance’s last page showing the rollovers. Because this was a first reading, the council did not take a final vote; questions may be asked before the ordinance returns for subsequent consideration.
