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Nampa council approves FY27 budget with reserve and 1% foregone earmarked for police
Summary
After a full-day budget workshop, the Nampa City Council approved a revised FY27 operating budget totaling about $187.0 million (overall ~$293.48M including capital), created a $1,000,093 reserve for deferred needs and voted to take a 1% foregone ($472,704) specifically for the police department.
The Nampa City Council approved a revised FY27 operating budget Thursday after a lengthy workshop that addressed council "hot-button" items, funding cuts and a disputed proposal to use foregone property‑tax authority.
Council members and staff agreed to track a set of identified cuts—including the removal of several membership and program line items—and place $1,000,093 of the freed funds into a council-designated reserve for deferred infrastructure and maintenance. Finance director Doug Racine told the council the city’s pre-change FY27 total was $293,003,238 and that the revised totals, after reallocations and the foregone action, produce a new overall budget near $293,475,942.
The council also debated whether to exercise the statutory foregone authority. After discussion and competing motions, the council approved taking 1% of the foregone roll (about $472,704) and directed that amount be used for police needs. Councilmember Reynolds, who moved the foregone allocation, said the money would help address staffing and retention pressures facing the police department. Police representatives told the council they face persistent vacancies and pay competition with neighboring agencies.
Racine explained that the council’s approach is to identify hot‑button adjustments first, let staff make real‑time accounting changes, then approve budget totals by fund so the public sees a single, reconciled number at the public hearing. He also noted the administration’s recommendation to hold some dollars in a single, council‑controlled bucket to permit targeted allocations later.
The council approved the revised operational budget and the set‑aside with the understanding that the precise uses from the reserve will be returned to council for approval before the public hearing on the budget.
The council’s action sets the budget for the next steps: staff will publish the revised totals and the council will take final public‑hearing votes on the appropriation on the scheduled hearing date.
