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Westmore board adopts balanced FY2025–26 budget with $2.386 million in projected revenue
Summary
The Westmore city board adopted a balanced FY2025–26 budget that projects $2,386,000 in revenues, maintains a $100,000 beginning cash balance and leaves the board able to amend figures later; the adoption came amid requests from some members for more time to review and questions about salaries and past accounting.
The Westmore city board voted to adopt its FY2025–26 budget after a staff presentation that showed projected revenues of $2,386,000 and a balanced general fund. Finance staff said the budget keeps a $100,000 beginning cash balance in the general fund and forecasts about $567,000 in total bank cash at the end of the fiscal year after the previously approved transfer into utility funds.
"We are budgeting $2,386,000 for revenues next year," a finance staff member said while walking the board through the budget pages. The staff presentation covered department line items (police, fire, streets), special funds (cemetery, parks, library) and smaller enterprise funds.
The chair reminded members that state law imposes a hard deadline for adopting a budget and that, if not adopted, municipal operations could be halted on Oct. 1. "If not, the city shuts down October 1," the chair said, noting statutory publication requirements and the board’s limited options if a budget is not in place.
Several board members asked for more time to compare these figures with earlier drafts and to see a side‑by‑side comparison; one member said there was "an uproar concerning your salary," signaling public concern about compensation that some members wanted to revisit. Staff and other members emphasized that the board retains the right to amend the budget after adoption.
After discussion, the chair called the question; the meeting transcript records a motion, a second and a voice vote approving the budget. The board did not take a roll‑call vote in the recorded transcript. Staff said the adopted numbers will be entered into the city accounting system to generate comparison reports for future meetings.
What happens next: staff will post the adopted budget into the accounting system, generate comparison reports the board can use to review line‑by‑line changes, and the board may amend the budget during subsequent meetings if members identify necessary adjustments.
