2026 Budget Amendments and Equipment Purchases

At a glance

  • What: 2026 budget amendment ordinances for equipment purchases, grants and donations, each requiring two readings.
  • Where it stands: dozens of amendments appear from 2026-08-17 (Ordinances 6224 to 6228) through 2026-11-16 (6261 to 6266).
  • Next: second readings of Ordinances 6261 to 6266 are on 2026-11-16.

Details

  • Equipment named on agendas: tandem axle truck, slope mower, vac truck, grandstand mower, refurbished transit bus, mobile lift, cemetery backhoe loader.
  • Built from agendas only; the posted minutes and agenda packets were not read, so outcomes are not recorded.

Sources

Log

2026-08-17 - City Council

  • Second readings of five 2026 budget amendment ordinances (6224 to 6228), covering expansion of the police patrol fleet, a police K9 donation, a Banfield grant, a 3rd St bridge repair and a warehouse for pound services.
  • Action items: cemetery backhoe loader award and a cemetery donation, a $68,000 State Homeland Security Grant award for the fire department, and vehicle purchases for the water treatment plant under the state bid contract, each tied to budget amendments on first reading.

2026-09-08 - City Council

  • Consent: second readings of the LDO park fee removal (Ordinance 6237) and four budget amendments (6238 to 6241); a minor plat (Case 2026-64, Squints Addition); the Southwest Crossing development agreement.
  • Action: budget amendments for a 52-inch grandstand mower, a 5339 grant and refurbished transit bus (Complete Coach Works), a police K9 and pound services donation, and a $124,945 State Homeland Security Grant award for the police bomb squad and SWAT team.

2026-09-21 - City Council

  • Second readings of budget amendments for a mower, a refurbished bus, police donations for K9s and pound services, and the FY25 police State Homeland Security Grant (Ordinances 6247 to 6250).

2026-10-05 - City Council

  • Budget amendments on first reading for a Friends of the Library donation and a Chevron donation; first reading of Ordinance 6251 for the police FY25 Edward Byrne grant.

2026-10-19 - City Council

  • Acceptance of the FFY27 NDDOT Traffic Safety Enforcement Grant for the Minot Police Department, with a budget amendment on first reading; second readings of donation budget amendments from Chevron (fire department) and Friends of the Library (Ordinances 6253 and 6254).

2026-11-02 - City Council

  • Budget amendments on first reading: street division tandem axle truck (Westlie Truck Center, $213,968), storm sewer slope mower (Swanston Equipment, $70,500), storm sewer vac truck (Westlie Truck Center, $498,788), an NDCF grant for fire department protective equipment, a dispatch donation from the Magic City Lions, and a Scheels donation and 701K9 Foundation grant for replacing two police canines. A resolution amending the 2026 annual budget and the second reading of Ordinance 6258 (police FY26-27 traffic safety grant) were also on the consent list.

2026-11-16 - City Council

  • Second readings of budget amendment Ordinances 6261 to 6266 (tandem axle truck, slope mower, vac truck, fire department protective equipment donation, dispatch donation and police K9 donations).
  • Action: acceptance of a National Police Dog Foundation grant and a fleet shop grant with a mobile lift procurement, each with a budget amendment on first reading.