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Spruce Pine staff propose FY27 project ordinance and departmental budget transfers totaling roughly $87.7 million
Summary
Council was shown a proposed FY27 project ordinance to establish project accounts and was told the current estimate for project work is $87,705,000; staff also outlined interdepartmental transfers to address audit-flagged understates and specific department overruns.
Mary described a project ordinance for FY27 that would create a project account to manage the year's capital and grant-funded projects. She said the draft ordinance anticipates a theme of projects totaling $87,705,000, but emphasized that the figure could go up or down as grants and project scopes change.
A Staff member explained the need to adjust departmental ledgers because auditors had identified understated balances in certain lines. The staff presentation included examples: the fire-protection general ledger showed an overrun (transcript cited $358,000) and staff proposed transferring funds from other capital accounts to cover overages so the town would not pull from fund balance. Staff also noted water operations and facilities maintenance would need specific increases and that FEMA receipts had affected enterprise fund balances.
Mary said the project ordinance would be included in the packet and, if adopted, would authorize staff to operate the year's projects from the new project account. The transcript records the proposal and descriptive accounting remarks but does not include a recorded vote or formal council action in the provided segments.
