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Board approves $4.1 million budget amendment, including project carryovers
Summary
The board approved Budget Amendment No. 1 for fiscal year 2026–27 totaling roughly $4.1 million—mainly project carryovers—and moved funds to a parks & recreation capital reserve; the amendment includes adjustments tied to previously approved projects and staffing.
The Kernersville Board of Aldermen approved Budget Amendment No. 1 for fiscal year 2026–27 Aug. 4, a roughly $4.1 million package that primarily carries over prior-year projects.
Town Manager Curtis Swisher summarized the amendment as carrying about $3.3 million in ongoing projects forward, with roughly $400,000 moved to a parks and recreation capital reserve fund and the remainder allocated to closed-out projects and staffing adjustments. "This is our 1st budget amendment... and this is the 1 that where we carry over all the projects and all the equipment that was budgeted last year, but we have not either we've either not completed it or we've not purchased it. So it's for $4,100,000," Swisher said.
The board adopted the amendment unanimously. Swisher noted adjustments including additional payments to the city of High Point tied to area infrastructure (approximately $260,000) and expenditures related to hiring police officers earlier than planned; staff said some funds would be reclassified to the capital reserve fund rather than drawn from the unassigned general fund.
The amendment preserves carryover projects and aligns accounting for multi-year work so staff can proceed with construction and procurement where contracts and purchase orders were not completed before the fiscal year closed.
