Pampa approves first reading of Ordinance 1832 to amend FY2025–26 budget

The Pampa City Commission approved on first reading Ordinance 1832, a budget amendment for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2025, that adds grant and restricted funds to the city’s revenue and appropriation schedules.

Teresa (staff) summarized the ordinance, saying the amendment would add roughly $597,000 in grant and restricted revenues to cover new downtown-revitalization grants, donations, reimbursement for a reuse project and other items. She said the amendment increases appropriations by about $654,000 for housing development, equipment and previously unbudgeted grant purchases. Teresa told commissioners that approximately $150,000 of the amended expenditures do not have matching revenue in the current budget but that staff expects to cover that difference with restricted funds already budgeted.

Commissioners approved the ordinance on first reading by voice vote; the transcript records commission assent but does not provide a roll-call vote. The ordinance will return for a subsequent reading as required by local ordinance adoption procedures.

Note on numbers: staff stated the revenues as about $597,000 and expenditures as about $654,000, and separately said about $150,000 was not matched by current-year revenue. The arithmetic of those two figures does not align (the difference between $654,000 and $597,000 is $57,000); the city staff explanation attributed the remaining gap to restricted funds already budgeted.