Title
Resolution to Amend Ann Arbor City Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution to amend the Ann Arbor City Budget for Fiscal Year 2026.
The Michigan Public Act 2 of 1968, as amended, provides that the City shall not incur expenditures in excess of the amounts appropriated. In order to comply with PA 2, the City monitors expenditures against the adopted budget on a monthly basis and recommends budget amendments be adopted by Council as needed.
Management of the City has monitored the revenue and expenditure activity against the adopted budget for the various funds throughout the year. In addition, management has attempted to periodically forecast the remainder of the fiscal year’s revenue and expenditures.
In monitoring the various funds, management has forecasted certain variances versus budget that require budget amendments to remain in compliance with PA 2 as indicated above. These variances and the reasons for the variances are listed on the attachment.
The total requested General Fund budget amendment is $1,892,203.00. Of this amount, $1,126,388.00 is reimbursement for services. The budget amendment for all other funds totals $1,976,972.00. A detail of the requested appropriations is attached.
Passage of this resolution and approval of the fiscal year 2026 budget amendments as prepared is recommended.
Staff
Prepared by: Kim Buselmeier, Financial Manager
Reviewed by: Marti Praschan, Financial Services Area Administrator & CFO
Approved by: Milton Dohoney Jr, City Administrator
Body
Whereas, On May 19, 2025, City Council adopted the annual operating budget for FY 2026 for the City of Ann Arbor;
Whereas, The Michigan Public Act 2 of 1968, as amended, provides that the City shall not incur expenditures in excess of the amounts appropriated;
Whereas, The City’s management have monitored revenues and expenditures and have forecasted revenues and expenditures against the adopted budget;
Whereas, The forecasted expenditures are in excess of the City’s adopted budget for some units in the General Fund, and certain other funds in total as listed below;
RESOLVED, That Council amend the FY 2026 General Fund expenditure budget by $1,892,203.00 as follows: $1,126,388.00 from reimbursements, $512,500.00 from assigned General Fund fund balance and the remaining $253,315.00 from a use of fund balance (see attachment):
RESOLVED, That Council amend the following other funds’ revenue and expenditure budgets for FY 2026, with the source of funding as indicated (see attachment):
ATTACHMENT
City of Ann Arbor
Proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Budgeted Amendments (see attachment)
