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Council adopts midyear budget adjustment after brief staff Q&A
Summary
The council adopted a midyear appropriation resolution (legistar 94055) to authorize carry‑forward spending and other adjustments to the 2026 adopted operating and capital budgets; staff explained carryforward/encumbrance mechanics and answered questions about Metro Transit and MPD allocations.
The Common Council moved and recorded a unanimous vote to adopt a midyear appropriation resolution (legistar 94055) that authorizes carry‑forward contract spending and makes adjustments to the 2026 operating and capital budgets. The mayor presided over the vote after staff described the purpose and mechanics of the midyear package.
Jamie Acton, general manager of Metro Transit (speaker 16), told the council that diesel fuel costs for the 2026 ask were locked in and that current budget pressures stem primarily from increased supplies and purchased services (paratransit contracts) and operator overtime. Finance Director Schmedeke (speaker 17) explained that the midyear appropriation gives agencies expenditure authority for previously encumbered contracts carried forward from the prior year, and that library and public‑health carryover amounts come from those agencies' fund balances. A council member asked what the $257 referenced for MPD would be used for; Schmedeke described the carryforward process but did not provide further line‑item detail in the meeting. The motion was moved and seconded and recorded as a unanimous vote in favor.
