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City manager outlines decade of balanced budgets, cautions on overtime variability
Summary
City Manager Jim Mavromatis thanked council for passing balanced budgets over his 10-year tenure, said surpluses over that period ranged from about $500,000 to $1 million in good years, and noted unpredictable costs such as overtime and crime that affect year-end surplus; staff will "scrub" the books and report next month.
City Manager Jim Mavromatis used his administrative report to thank council for collaboration on 10 consecutive balanced budgets and to summarize the city's fiscal posture heading into the new year.
Mavromatis said that over his 10 years in office the city's surplus in good years typically ranged "from a half a million to a million," but cautioned that overtime, unexpected crimes and manpower shortages make exact forecasting difficult. He told council staff will complete a close-out review and report back next month about available carryover funds.
Mavromatis framed the message as both an acknowledgment of staff effort and a reminder that some costs are inherently variable; no specific fund balances or carryover figures were provided in the meeting transcript.
