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Council approves budget carryover amendment to post actual 2025 beginning balances
Summary
Council approved budget amendment 25‑208 to record actual 2025 beginning balances and carry over previously approved 2024 expenditures; staff emphasized most carryover items were grant-funded and urged careful policy on using one‑time revenues for ongoing positions.
The council approved budget amendment 25‑208 to update the city’s 2025 beginning balances and carry forward previously approved 2024 expenditures that were not completed last year. Finance Director Debbie Boer told council the adjustment increased the reported beginning balance and brought several grant-funded projects and previously approved expenditures into the current fiscal year.
Boer said most carryover items were tied to grant proceeds that offset the expenditures and that only a small portion—roughly $60,000—represented reallocated expenditures not funded by grants. The amendment was presented as an accounting alignment that preserves existing approvals and positions the city’s funds accurately for the upcoming budget process.
Council discussion included whether to use one‑time carryover funds for ongoing personnel costs, with some members urging caution and a recommendation to plan any ordinance changes to take effect Jan. 1 to avoid midyear complications. The motion to approve the carryover amendment passed on a roll‑call vote.
