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Parks Supplemental Appropriation Limit

At a glance

  • What: Ordinance 58-26 providing supplemental appropriations (sponsor: the Mayor), amended by the Council to bar transfers of the new Parks and Recreation money to or from other Parks and Recreation programs.
  • Where it stands: Amendment and ordinance adopted on second reading August 5, 2026, 8-0.

Details

Basye moved adoption, seconded by Sigette. Basye then moved, with Sigette seconding, to amend the ordinance to state that "no appropriation authority from this supplemental appropriation may be transferred to another program within Parks and Recreation nor appropriation transferred to this program from another program within Parks and Recreation except as otherwise supplemented by the City Council." The amendment passed 8-0, and the ordinance was then adopted as amended, 8-0 (all eight Council members).

The minutes do not list the amounts or programs in the ordinance. It was heard the same night as the Falls Park gift and capital program amendment (Falls Park Redevelopment Gift), but the minutes do not say the two are linked. A later first reading of supplemental appropriations took place September 1, 2026 (see 2026-09-01 - City Council).

Sources

Log

2026-08-05 - City Council

Item 28, second reading. Amended and adopted as Ordinance 58-26, 8-0.

2026-07-21 - City Council

First reading (Item 43, sponsor: Mayor); Sigette moved and Spellerberg seconded setting second reading for August 5; 8-0. The minutes do not describe the contents of the ordinance.