Tomball City Council held its second budget workshop for the 2018-19 fiscal year on Monday night. The proposed budget will total $65,519,810 in expenses and $48,084,331 in overall revenue, according to city documents.

According to city information, expenses are expected to exceed revenues in Tomball by $17.4 million. However, the city’s fund reserves are expected to hold over $50.3 million by the year’s end.

There is projected to be an 11.2 percent increase in revenues in the general fund for FY 2018-19, which totaled $20,891,315, from the approved FY 2017-18 budget. The general fund expenses hold a 7.4 percent increase with a total of $24,482,608.

Most of the items that were discussed at the second budget meeting covered the capital projects that would be funded through the FY 2018-19 proposed budget.

City Manager Rob Hauck proposed funding $60,000 to install a supervisory control and data acquisition system in an effort to promote efficiency among different departments that could use the system to gather data remotely. Hauck said this could be useful during rain storms when departments could check water levels without having to send someone out in person.

The FY 2018-19 budget also includes funds for enhancing the sidewalks and alleyways in the 100 block of Main Street. The proposed budget allots $713,000 toward upgrading the sidewalks and alleys as well as installing better lighting. City Council plans to make identical changes to other blocks on Main Street in following years, officials said.

Additionally, the budget allots $350,000 to install restrooms and other additions to Broussard Park, which is currently under construction. There is also an additional $100,000 for repairs and upgrades to Matheson Park.

Another major capital project that was discussed for the proposed budget is the allotted $300,000 to install a new computer-aided dispatch system for the police department. The amount would be split between the FY 2018-19 and FY 2019-20 budgets.

The city's fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

View a copy of the proposed budget below.