The Selma Police Department may have a few extra bucks in its budget Tuesday. 

The Selma City Council considered a resolution Thursday to transfer $55,000 from the half-cent sales tax fund to the police department for vehicle maintenance and fuel expenses. The resolution lists $20,000 for vehicle maintenance and $35,000 for auto fuel.

The transfer would be in addition to funds already budgeted and cover any costs for the remainder of the 2014 fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30.

In a previous interview with the Times-Journal Chief of Police William Riley said maintenance funds were being spent quickly because of the cars’ age.

“Right now we are burning through our vehicle maintenance fund because we have to make repairs on some of our older vehicles,” Riley said. “I hate putting money into an older car because it may not be worth that much.”

During its Thursday work session, the council placed the resolution on its consent agenda, which will come up for a vote during Tuesday’s meeting. The council uses its consent agenda to speed up council meetings. Items on the agenda are usually topics that most council members are in favor of.

Council President Corey Bowie said two mandatory expenditures remain to be withdrawn from the half-cent fund — paying for Bienville Park repairs and new police cars. The council is scheduled to receive an update on the half-cent tax’s total during its Tuesday meeting. After the maintenance transfer and two mandatory expenditures, Bowie said the fund should be close to $450,000 — a minimum balance limit set to ensure employee raises in December.

Bowie said the additional money would be  added to the city’s fiscal year 2015 budget, using additional sales tax revenue collected as a result of the city sales tax collection agency change.

“I’m happy with the aggressive nature that the Alabama Department of Revenue has shown up to this point,” Bowie said.

In other news from the meeting:

•  The council placed the annexation of the Selma-Dallas County YMCA into the city limits on the consent agenda.

Ward 2 councilwoman Susan Keith said Thursday the annexation is needed to justify an expense of city funds on projects at the facility.

“Why spend city money on something that is not in the city limits,” Keith said.

The YMCA receives a portion of a hotel tax to help retire major portions of its debt.