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Home My WebLink About2026-4717 - Ordinance - 09/27/2026ORDINANCE NO. 2026-4717 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2025-4612 AS BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER 3 AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR AND AUTHORIZING AMENDED EXPENDITURES AS THEREIN PROVIDED. WHEREAS, on August 28, 2025, the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, adopted Ordinance No. 2025-4612 approving its Budget for the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year: and WHEREAS, on January 8, 2026, the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, adopted Ordinance 2026-4655 amending its Budget for the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year via Budget Amendment Number 1, and WHEREAS, on May 28, 2026, the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, adopted Ordinance 2026-4688 amending its Budget for the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year via Budget Amendment Number 2, and WHEREAS, this amendment was prepared and presented to the City Council and a public hearing held thereon as prescribed by law and the College Station City Charter, after notice of said hearing having been first duly given; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: PART 1: That Ordinance No. 2025-4612 is hereby amended by amending the 2025-2026 Budget adopted by a net amount of $12,714,696 as further detailed in Exhibit A. PART 2: That this Budget Amendment Number 3 shall be attached to and made a part of the 2026- 2026 Budget. PART 3: That except as amended hereby, Ordinance No, 2025-4612 shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms. PART 4: That this ordinance shall become effective immediately after passage and approval. PASSED and APPROVED this 24th day of September, 2026. ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED: APPROVED: }},, pp� L/" L V Mayor Ordinance No. 2026-4717 Page 2 of 4 EXHIBIT A OPERATING BUDGET AMENDMENT ITEMS ($2,564,696): 1. Additional Supplies for Fire Station #7 — General Fund - $139,000 (Budget Amendment). This amendment includes four Fire Department items. The first funds a Station 7 SCBA (Self - Contained Breathing Apparatus) cache. The second and third relate to a monitor for Engine 727, both funded through Opioid Settlement Funds: one covers the initial purchase of the monitor, and the other covers its associated 5-year plan. The fourth item is to fund deployment travel costs. 2. Tourism HOT Grants Special Summer Events — HOT Fund - $606,000 (Budget Amendment). Tourism has sponsored several events this summer that have been approved by Council. Including a Savannah Bananas game and soccer friendly match inside Kyle Field, and USA Track and Field and Athletes Unlimited Softball League Championship. 3. ADA Website Compliance — General Fund - $65,000 (Budget Amendment). In order to meet compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City has hired a compliance firm to retool cstx.gov. 4. Arts Center Building Improvements — General Fund - $25,000 (Budget Amendment). The Arts Center has incurred several necessary improvements to the building including an A/C repair, facia repair and a fence installation for its youth program to be safe from increased construction traffic around the building. 5. Impact Fee Audit — Impact Fee Funds - $22,000 (Budget Amendment). This item covers the costs for the required Impact Fee audit. The audit fee is charged across all 6 Impact Fee Funds (Water, Wastewater, and Roadway Zones A-D). 6. Emergency Repairs and Supplies — Water Fund - $500,000 (Budget Amendment); Wastewater Fund - $300,000 (Budget Amendment). This item will increase the budget in the Water and Wastewater operating funds for additional emergency repairs and related workorder supply costs that were incurred in FY26. Both operating funds have sufficient revenues to cover these one-time costs. 7. Police Department Grants — General Fund - $120,440 (Budget Amendment). Police received grant funding from various donors including the Victim Service grant ($14,915), VOCA grant ($41,055), Headset grant ($10,400), COPS Microgrant ($38,320), and JAG grant ($15,750). 8. Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (LEOSE) Funds — General Fund - $21,256 (Budget Amendment). This item provides additional budget to meet State of Texas compliance requirements. The City of College Station received LEOSE funds and must show a corresponding budget for use of those funds. 9. Police Department Night Vision Goggles — General Fund - $95,000 (Budget Amendment). Additional funding is requested for the replacement of SWAT night vision goggles due to aging equipment and increased failure rates. Ordinance No. 2026-4717 Page 3 of 4 10. Fleet Replacements — Electric, Drainage, Wastewater, and Solid Waste Funds - $552,000 (Budget Amendment). Transfer funding from the Fleet Replacement Fund to the General Fund to support the replacement of fleet vehicles that have been totaled or experienced catastrophic mechanical failure. Appropriate funding has been allocated and is available within the Fleet Replacement Fund to facilitate and reconcile this transfer. 11. IT Replacements — General Fund - $100,000 (Budget Amendment). Transfer funding from the IT Replacement Fund to the General Fund to reconcile additional IT replacement expenditures resulting from equipment age and replacement timing. Appropriate funding has been allocated and is available within the IT Replacement Fund to cover the current fiscal year expenses. 12. Court Expenses — Efficiency Time Payment and Court Security Funds - $19,000 (Budget Amendment). Additional budget to cover additional one-time qualified expenses in the Efficiency Time Payment and Court Security Funds. Appropriate resources are available within the funds to cover these expenses. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BUDGET AMENDMENT ITEMS ($10,150,000): 13. Electric Capital Budget — Electric CIP - $6,000,000 (Budget Amendment). This item will increase the Electric capital budget for projects and related costs that are anticipated to occur or be encumbered in FY26. These were previously planned projects but due to various timing issues, these capital costs and encumbrances are now expected in FY26. This item will be funded by an increased cash for capital transfer. 14. Hughes Family Donation for Texas Independence Park — Parks CIP - $200,000 (Budget Amendment). The Hughes Family has donated $200,000 to support playground features at the new Texas Independence Park. This amendment recognizes their donation as revenue and increases the project budget accordingly. 15. Adamson Lagoon Pool Slide Improvements — Parkland Zone 1 CIP - $3,250,000 (Budget Amendment). This item will add capital appropriations for the demolition and construction of a new water slide structure at Adamson Lagoon swimming pool. This project will upgrade the existing 2 slides with 3 new slides, a new superstructure, support piers, and other related improvements. This item will be funded directly in Parkland Zone 1. 16. Thomas Park Redevelopment — Parkland Zone 2 CIP - $700,000 (Budget Amendment). This item will add capital appropriations for additional new amenities and improvements related to the Thomas Park Redevelopment project. This item will be funded directly in Parkland Zone 2. Ordinance No. 2026-4717 Page 4 of 4 INTERNAL SERVICE FUND AMENDMENT ITEMS: 17. Medical Claims Cost Increases — Employee Benefits Fund - $2,250,000 (Budget Amendment). Due to continuing cost per medical claim increases, Employee Benefits will likely exceed current year budget. This item will cover increases in medical claim costs through the end of the year. The fund has available working capital to cover this amendment. INTERFUND TRANSFERS: 18. Increased Electric Cash for Capital — $6,000,000 (Interfund Transfer). This item will increase the cash for capital transfer between the Electric Operating and Electric Capital Improvement Projects Funds. This increased transfer will fund the capital budget increase included in this Budget Amendment. The Electric Operating Fund has sufficient revenues to support the increased transfer. The Electric Operating Fund will continue to have sufficient working capital to meet all required reserve policies and recurring costs. 19. Increased Water Impact Fee Transfer - $250,000 (Interfund Transfer). An increase to the Water Impact Fee Transfer due to the receipt of more revenue than forecasted in FY26. These funds will be used to offset the debt service for eligible projects.