Can we use the money we have budgeted as unappropriated ending fund balance for something else?
The only situations in which you can use that money for another purpose during the same budget year are in the event of fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural disaster; of civil disturbance; or of involuntary conversion (arson, theft, vandalism, etc.). If you have such a situation, you may create the necessary appropriation authority by resolution or supplemental budget. See ORS 294.455.