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Council approves transfers to seed vacant-and-abandoned fund, shifts police benefit costs
Summary
Council approved a series of intra‑fund transfers including a $25,000 county‑tax transfer to seed a new Vacant and Abandoned Fund and adjustments moving police benefit costs between budget lines; staff said the moves reallocate existing appropriations rather than add new spending.
Council approved resolution 2026‑11c, a set of budget transfers that include a $25,000 transfer from county tax receipts into a newly created Vacant and Abandoned Fund intended to support code enforcement and maintenance work. Staff said the transfer is intended to seed the fund to cover expenses tied to vacant‑property work already underway and emphasized this is a reallocation rather than new spending.
"This just moves into that fund because he has expenses. He's already spent some money," staff member Mandy said, describing the seed transfer to support work by Dewey O'Neil. Council also discussed moving a roughly $16,000 shortfall out of the police general fund and into a county tax police benefit line; staff said the adjustments will keep appropriations flat but move expenses between lines. The motion to approve the transfer passed on a roll call; the clerk recorded affirmative votes from Patrick Tabanau, Lucy DiTillo, Jim Bartlett and Josh Wilbur.
Councilors asked questions about whether the transfers increased total appropriations; staff reiterated the changes do not increase appropriations but reassign previously approved dollars to cover negative balances and park‑related unanticipated costs. Staff indicated the city will budget a Vacant and Abandoned line with a dollar amount in next year’s budget.
