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Thomasville council approves budget amendment 2025-P9-01 to cover utility taps, payroll deficits and project costs
Summary
Council unanimously approved Budget Amendment 2025-P9-01, which includes funding for utility taps at 16 Trade Street, payroll shortfalls, school fund appropriations, occupancy tax adjustments and multiple project allocations (including $292,000 for payroll deficits and $105,000 for a salary study phase).
The Thomasville City Council approved Budget Amendment 2025-P9-01 unanimously (7-0) at the March 10 briefing meeting to address several fiscal and operational needs.
Finance Director Avant presented the amendment, which appropriates $116,500 in surplus interest revenue, $342,000 in contingency funds and more than $30,000 in insurance proceeds to support city operations and projects. Specific allocations detailed in the presentation included $292,000 to cover payroll deficits, $35,000 for a pool-cover purchase, $60,000 for street lighting, $105,000 for the first phase of a salary study beginning April 1, and a $5,000 Farm Bureau sponsorship for golf-course range balls. The amendment also funds new utility taps required at 16 Trade Street and includes adjustments for occupancy-tax revenue to ensure payments to the Thomasville Tourism Commission.
Council Member Doug Hunt moved to approve the amendment and Council Member JacQuez Johnson seconded; the motion passed 7-0. The briefing minutes indicate the council approved the amendment as presented; no amendments or recorded dissent were noted.
