Title
A Resolution requesting Allocation of Funds in the Nature Parks Department
Summary
The Nature Parks Department is requesting a resolution to transfer planned funds from the capital projects plan to the operational account for trail signage at Graham Creek. There was $35,000 planned to mark trails in consistently with appropriate signage in the FY26 Capital Projects Plan. This amount is not a capital project and should have been placed under the Nature Parks Operational Signage Account. This new signage for all current trails at Graham Creek Nature Preserve will cost up to $30,000.
Budgetary Impact:
Non-Capital Item:
____ Budgeted under account #_______________ (discussion item)
____ Not budgeted, requesting transfer of $__________ from Account #______________ to Account #_____________.**Request to Transfer Departmental Budget Dollars form must be attached**
__X_ Not budgeted requiring increase to account #100-5090-6163 in the amount of $30,000.**This was projected in the Capital Projects Plan**
Capital - Departmental **Capital Purchase Worksheet form must be attached**
_ Budgeted under account #_____________ and described in budget as ______.
____ Not Budgeted - account #____________ requires budget increase of $_____________.**Request to Increase Departmental Budget Dollars form must be attached**
Capital Project - **If requesting to start a project, a Capital Project Worksheet form must be attached**
In current year Capital Projects Plan:
_____ Yes, described as __________________________, planned amount $___________, requesting $_________ as total project estimate, including contingencies, under account #_________________
_____ No, requesting $___________ as total project estimate, including contingencies, under account #____________________.
_____ Yes, requesting an increase of $___________ to an already approved project titled ________________________ that is being tracked under Account No. ___________________.
_____ No, requesting an increase of $__________ to an already approved project titled _______________________ that is being tracked under Account No. _________________.
Body
WHEREAS, the Nature Parks Department requested $35,000 for Trail Signage in the FY2026 capital project plan, and
WHEREAS, the Trail Signage should have been budgeted in the Operational Account for signage, and
WHEREAS, the Nature Parks Department has requests to allocate $30,000 to the Operational Signage Account in order to install consistent signage on all the Graham Creek trails, and
WHEREAS, the signage package with design is estimated at $30,000.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Foley, Alabama, as follows:
SECTION 1: Approves the allocation of $30,000 to the Nature Parks Operational Signs Account #100-5090-6163 for the purchase of trail signage.
SECTION 2: This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption as required by law.