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Bull Shoals council approves police budget line transfers, records several routine votes
Summary
The council approved moving police funds between line items for 2025 by a 4–2 vote and accepted department reports. Two council members voted against the budget transfer; the meeting recorded several routine acceptances of department reports and adjournment.
The Bull Shoals City Council approved a motion to transfer funds between police budget line items for 2025 by a 4–2 vote during its Dec. 19 meeting.
Mayor Bill Stahlman said the Police Department wanted to move money from some line items into others where it was needed. Councilman Dale Forbus moved the amendment, and Councilman Michael Castagna seconded. Councilmen Joey Grede and Daryl Lindman voted no; the transcript records the final tally as 4–2 in favor of moving the money.
The council also voted unanimously to accept the police report (Chief Brad Harper noted the department received two shotguns with bean-bag rounds) and accepted the fire department report (Chief Brent Mitchel was present). Several department reports and the public-works report were treated as accepted business.
Votes at a glance - Police budget line-item transfer: mover Dale Forbus; second Michael Castagna; outcome: approved, tally recorded 4 yes, 2 no (Joey Grede and Daryl Lindman recorded as voting no). Note: the transcript records a 4/2 outcome but does not list all individual yes votes by name. - Police report acceptance: approved (unanimous as recorded). - Fire report acceptance: approved (as recorded). - Motion to adjourn: approved (unanimous); meeting adjourned at 8:03 p.m.
What this means: The approved transfers permit the Police Department to reallocate existing budgeted money to line items it identified as priorities for 2025. The council did not provide line-item detail in the public minutes; no additional appropriations were announced.
