Finance Manager Chaz Webster presented Ordinance 2030, the City’s mid‑biennial budget amendment number 2 for the 2025–26 biennium, during a Nov. 5 public hearing. Webster said the amendment is a “true up” of previously approved council actions, year‑to‑date grants, and new requests; the amendment contains 31 line items spanning 2025 and 2026 adjustments.

Key items described in the presentation included:

- $2,785,400: Council‑authorized expenditure for the purchase of the Regional Public Safety Training Facility (funding sources listed included State Local and Community Projects, opioid settlement funds, training commission funds, payroll savings, stabilization reserve and fund balance).

- Fire/public safety staffing: $617,900 in 2026 salary and benefits for four paramedic-certified firefighters for Fire Station 82 (funded from fire service property tax levy fund balance), plus $340,900 in salary and benefits for two paramedic-certified lieutenants; associated equipment and training costs were included in the amendment and were described as funded from fire service levy revenues.

- EMS revenue projection: staff noted an anticipated increase in EMS service revenue of approximately $90,000–$100,000, which is proposed to fund some 2025 and 2026 Fire Department operational initiatives and temporary overtime.

- Software/hardware and capital: several items were listed as true ups or new requests, including software implementations ($168,672), replacement equipment and laptop purchases, shop facility work, and roof replacement timing adjustments ($531,000 moved from 2026 to 2025 for roof/fuel island completion tied to a bid award).

- Environmental review: $228,000 proposed to pay for an environmental impact statement (EIS) associated with the comprehensive plan update; staff said the EIS costs would be funded from the Goldie Road sale funds restricted for economic development and the city’s economic development reserve.

- Indigent defense and legal services: $66,000 to cover increased indigent defense costs driven by new Supreme Court caseload standards (two‑thirds expected to be covered by a public defense grant; the remainder by fund balance) and increased use of legal counsel for ongoing litigation and settlements.

Clerk reports showed no written public comment on the amendment. Council questioned timing of external revenues (ICOM user fees and sales-tax related timing), source and balance of Goldie Road economic-development funds, and the structure of funding for new firefighters and lieutenants. Staff indicated the fire service levy had cash on hand and that the EIS funding would draw from Goldie Road proceeds and economic-development reserves; staff also stated that two‑thirds of indigent defense funding would come from a public defense grant.

Councilmember Romero moved to adopt Ordinance 2030; Mayor Pro Tem seconded. The motion carried with six votes in favor and one abstention (a councilmember recused for a large-ticket item).