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Balch Springs council approves purchase-order rollovers and budget amendments totaling roughly $5.8 million across funds
Summary
Finance staff presented PO rollovers and multi-fund budget adjustments; council approved amendments that reallocated savings, restored salary lines and rolled forward PO encumbrances totaling about $5.8 million.
Finance staff told council it had prepared a technical amendment to roll forward purchase order encumbrances and to align adopted budgets with actual year-end balances. Staff said the initial presentation reduced some amounts by payments made in fiscal 2026, but the correct rollover should return the full encumbered amounts.
The finance presenter said the proposed amendments include: general-fund adjustments (including professional fees and repair costs), utility fund rollovers, special revenue reallocations, and component-unit adjustments — for a total rollover figure cited in the presentation of approximately $5,800,000. Staff also noted some reductions in budgeted interest earnings and adjustments tied to asset sale receipts (e.g., fire truck sale revenue).
Council asked questions about specific line items, including an emergency contingency reallocation and salary-savings reinsertions for cost-of-living increases for noncontract employees. Staff explained the mechanics of rolling encumbrances and the need to restore beginning balances to properly reflect multi-year projects. Council voted to approve the requested budget amendments.
