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Council hears FY 2026–27 budget details; staff to separate city hall reserve and monitor stipend costs
Summary
The Council was told staff will separate a city-hall expansion reserve from the highway one‑percent bike/ped set‑aside and that a stipend policy to take effect in January 2027 will cost roughly $3,500 for the remaining six months of FY 2026-27 if enacted after the fall elections.
During the budget hearing, City Administrator Matt Michel highlighted two items staff will bring clarity to at the next meeting: isolating the city-hall expansion reserve (seeded in 2014) from the state's one-percent highway set-aside so ending fund balances are clearer, and monitoring costs associated with a stipend policy adopted in October 2024 that takes effect after the fall 2026 elections.
Michel said the stipend amounts are "$150 per month for the Mayor, $125 for the Council President, and $100 for each Councilor" and estimated the six-month FY impact at approximately $3,500; that cost was not included in the currently approved budget and staff will monitor and bring a transfer-of-appropriations resolution in the spring if needed. The reserve-account separation is an internal accounting change that will not alter the overall budget total but will improve transparency in transportation-designated fund balances.
No public comment was received on the budget at the hearing; the Council will consider formal adoption at a subsequent meeting.
