Issue Sheet ATH2025-134
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City of Smyrna Issue Sheet File Number: ATH2025-134 A Max Bacon City Hall 2800 King Street Smyrna, GA 30080 - 1 1 9 3 Agenda Date: 8/18/2025 In Control: City Council File Type: Authorization Agenda Section: Formal Business Department: Finance Agenda Title: Authorization to amend the FY 2026 Adopted General Fund Budget to increase the Information Technology departmental budget and General Fund grant revenue in the amount of $62,685 for a grant award received after the initial budget was adopted. Authorization to increase the Parks Administration departmental budget in the amount of $140,000 for public art that was not initially included in the adopted budget. Authorization to amend the adopted project length budget in the Vehicle Replacement Fund to increase the FY26 Sanitation Vehicle project in the amount of $25,836.00 for additional costs of acquisition. Authorization to amend the Adopted 2022 SPLOST Fund project length budgets to Increase SPLOST revenue in the amount of $15,392,784.00 to include revenue not included in the initial projection and increase project length budgets for the Aquatics project in the amount of $8,925,511.00, Resurfacing project in the amount of $2,200,000.00, Cobb Pedestrian Bridge in the amount of $2,196,559.00, Facility Improvements project in the amount of $2,000,714, and the Downtown and South Cobb project in the amount of $70,000. Citywide ISSUE AND BACKGROUND: A cybersecurity grant was received by the IT department in the amount of $69,650 with a 10% match. We are amending the budget for the expenses and the grant revenue related to this award. The grant was approved on a previous agenda. The City is planning to install an art sculpture in the Market Village. The $140,000 estimated cost for engineering, site work, and the sculpture. This will come from General Fund Reserves. In the FY 2026 Adopted budget for the Vehicle Replacement Fund, $600,000 was included for the replacement of two (2) sanitation trucks. The actual is $625,836 so an amendment to that project budget is needed. The purchase of the trucks is an item for approval on this agenda. We will use VRF reserves to fund this addition. The initial project length budgeted revenue for the 2022 SPLOST has been collected. We are amending for twelve (12) months of additional revenue based on the average monthly