Council Approves Budget Amendment

Each year, Finance staff reviews the budget to determine which items should be recognized with formal budget amendments. When budget variances occur that are outside of the authority of the City Manager, these adjustments are presented to the Council in the form of a budget amendment.

Chief Financial Officer Steven Glickman presented Council with the first amendment for the Fiscal Year 2023 budget at the April 25 meeting. Council approved a budget amendment in the General Fund, for a Long-Range Planning position in Development Services to assist with the comprehensive plan update and increased pay for the Mayor and Council Members. The increased personnel costs is fully offset by an equal increase in sales tax collections.

Council also approved an amendment in the Self-Funded Projects Fund for the following:

• Prior year encumbrances for Metrocrest Services facility campaign
• Police Department carpet replacement
• DART engineering review
• Consulting services to acquire funding through Texas Ambulance Services Supplemental Payment Program that were received in September 2022
• Tree plantings in the amount of $156,672 offset by tree mitigation funds in the same amount
• A comprehensive plan update
• Crosswalk beacons and intersection improvements
• A staffing and operations study of the General Services Department
• Service study for the transit-oriented development
• A compensation market study
• Real estate brokerage services from Cushman and Wakefield

Amendments were also approved in the Grant Fund for a 911 grant received by member cities of the North Texas Emergency Communications Center and in the Capital Equipment Replacement Fund for vehicle and equipment purchases that were not completed last year due to supply issues.

You can watch Council's budget amendment discussion here and read the presentation here.