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Council adopts mid‑year budget amendment; reallocates funds for Jonesboro Road, Route 81 projects and wastewater repairs
Summary
Council adopted Budget Amendment No. 2 to realign revenues and expenditures (no reduction of fund balance), moving $500,000 among capital projects to finish Jonesboro Road improvements and fund Route 81/Postmaster engineering, reallocating small items like pre‑employment drug screening and $35,000 for wastewater repairs; motion passed unanimously.
The council approved Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Amendment No. 2 (Resolution No. 26‑305) after a staff presentation explaining revenue reclassifications and project reallocations.
Finance director presented line‑by‑line changes: $7,015 reallocated for pre‑employment drug screenings to HR; revenue recognition for commerce building rental receipts to offset general‑fund items; $500,000 moved from Project 25 (sidewalks, not yet started) to Project 29 to complete Jonesboro Road improvements (budgeted $100,000 with original allocation $600,000); $500,000 requested to fund Route 81/Postmaster North Bethany engineering and associated Turnipseed work; and $35,000 shifted from water and sewer capital outlay to repair and maintenance for wastewater equipment. Staff emphasized the amendments do not reduce the unappropriated fund balance and that some reallocations reflect unanticipated tenant revenue.
Council members asked for earlier notice of amendments and requested that staff provide the amendment package before meetings in the future. Council discussed the timing of sidewalk packages and concerns about engineering costs; staff said bids and invoices are forthcoming and that the funds will be reallocated back if necessary when the projects begin. Council voted to adopt the resolution approving Budget Amendment No. 2.
The meeting also included project‑specific approvals tied to the budget reallocation (Jonesboro Road gateway payments to contractors and related landscape/irrigation work). Staff and project leads said contractors must be paid to finish the gateway work.
Next steps: finance staff will circulate the full amendment documents and project backup materials to council, monitor invoice flow against reallocated funds, and return with any required future amendments if project activity changes.
