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Council adopts ordinance adding disaster-related appropriations after suspending rules
Summary
Ordinance 26-21, providing additional appropriations across multiple funds to restore disaster-related expenses and replace temporarily reallocated funds, was adopted after the council suspended rules to allow same-night action; staff said many items restore funds used to cover disaster-response costs.
The council adopted Ordinance 26-21 on July 28 to appropriate additional monies across the redevelopment general fund, corporation general fund and the municipal cumulative capital development fund to restore money previously used to cover disaster-response costs and other temporary reallocations.
Town attorney/manager Michael Griffin told the council that some appropriations respond to costs associated with public notices for property acquisition and to return funds temporarily used to support disaster-driven expenses. "Some of these are in response to costs associated with the public notices for property acquisition," he said, and described restoration of funds that were temporarily used in response to the disaster.
The council suspended the rules to consider the ordinance the same night and carried both the suspension and the ordinance on roll-call votes. Council members recorded affirmative votes and the ordinance was adopted on second reading. Staff told the council they will continue filings with FEMA and complete required documentation for any items that might qualify for federal reimbursement.
Why it matters: The ordinance restores budgets affected by disaster response and gives staff authority to move forward on recovery work with funds in the designated accounts.
