Williamsport council approves Act 13 transfers to reconcile project matches and move invoices between 2024 and 2025
June 19, 2025 | Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
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Williamsport City Council on Wednesday approved a series of transfer ordinances to add and reassign Act 13 funds so the city can make a federal transit (FTA) payment from the emergency reserve fund, cover an underbudgeted match for a Greenlight Go project, and move Little League Boulevard match invoices into the 2024 budget year.
City staff said the measures are administrative transfers to keep project match lines and invoice years aligned with audit rules. “Transfer ordinance number 3 is the ordinance, adding a line item for the FTA payment in the emergency reserve fund,” Jamie, a city staff member, told council members. Jamie later described the Greenlight Go adjustment as adding $13,087 to raise the city match from $65,003.59 to $78,004.46 and said a separate transfer moves $11,057 of a Little League match into the 2024 budget.
The transfers matter because they affect the city’s reappropriated surplus and the year in which invoices are recorded. Council members pressed staff for clarity on how the transfers affect the Act 13 surplus across budget years. Council member Livermore asked how the '24 and '25 Act 13 budgets differ and how much unappropriated surplus remains. Jamie said the ordinances do not change overall budget policy but do move amounts between years “to stay audit compliant” and offered to provide the council a follow-up email with the current surplus figures.
All four transfer ordinances were introduced in first reading and passed by roll call, each receiving unanimous support. Council member Eric Bider cast the deciding vote in each recorded roll call; votes were recorded as 5-0.
Council discussion included a request for a clearer staff report on the size of unallocated Act 13 funds. “I don't have that answer, but I can email it to you,” Jamie told the council when asked for a current surplus figure.
City staff said the transfers are largely bookkeeping to reflect actual invoicing dates and final project match amounts: one ordinance adds a line so staff can make FTA payments from the emergency reserve fund; another increases the Greenlight Go match by $13,087; a third moves $11,057 of a Little League Greenlight Go match into 2024; and the final ordinance reduces the city's 2025 Little League match allocation from $125,000 to $113,009.43 because part of the work was invoiced in 2024.
Council members asked for a written follow-up showing the remaining Act 13 surplus by budget year. Staff committed to providing the numbers by the next business day.
The ordinances passed without amendment and no public comment was recorded on these items.
City staff said the measures are administrative transfers to keep project match lines and invoice years aligned with audit rules. “Transfer ordinance number 3 is the ordinance, adding a line item for the FTA payment in the emergency reserve fund,” Jamie, a city staff member, told council members. Jamie later described the Greenlight Go adjustment as adding $13,087 to raise the city match from $65,003.59 to $78,004.46 and said a separate transfer moves $11,057 of a Little League match into the 2024 budget.
The transfers matter because they affect the city’s reappropriated surplus and the year in which invoices are recorded. Council members pressed staff for clarity on how the transfers affect the Act 13 surplus across budget years. Council member Livermore asked how the '24 and '25 Act 13 budgets differ and how much unappropriated surplus remains. Jamie said the ordinances do not change overall budget policy but do move amounts between years “to stay audit compliant” and offered to provide the council a follow-up email with the current surplus figures.
All four transfer ordinances were introduced in first reading and passed by roll call, each receiving unanimous support. Council member Eric Bider cast the deciding vote in each recorded roll call; votes were recorded as 5-0.
Council discussion included a request for a clearer staff report on the size of unallocated Act 13 funds. “I don't have that answer, but I can email it to you,” Jamie told the council when asked for a current surplus figure.
City staff said the transfers are largely bookkeeping to reflect actual invoicing dates and final project match amounts: one ordinance adds a line so staff can make FTA payments from the emergency reserve fund; another increases the Greenlight Go match by $13,087; a third moves $11,057 of a Little League Greenlight Go match into 2024; and the final ordinance reduces the city's 2025 Little League match allocation from $125,000 to $113,009.43 because part of the work was invoiced in 2024.
Council members asked for a written follow-up showing the remaining Act 13 surplus by budget year. Staff committed to providing the numbers by the next business day.
The ordinances passed without amendment and no public comment was recorded on these items.
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