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Bloomington Common Council adopts 2026 civil city budget after controller explains corrections; public raises debt and data concerns
Summary
The Bloomington Common Council adopted appropriation ordinance 2025‑11, establishing the city’s 2026 civil city budget, 7–2, after City Controller Jessica McClellan presented corrected revenue and expense figures that reduced planned general‑fund deficit spending to about $9.4 million and projected a general‑fund cash balance of $26,161,215 (about 40% of operating budget).
The Bloomington Common Council adopted appropriation ordinance 2025‑11, establishing the civil city budget for 2026, following a presentation by City Controller Jessica McClellan and a public comment period in which speakers pressed the council on debt levels and the accuracy of budget reporting. The ordinance passed 7–2 on second reading.
Controller McClellan told the council the city’s DLGF‑reviewed funds total $110,184,108 and non‑DLGF funds total $52,968,449; after corrections to the general‑fund reporting the administration reduced an initially presented $111 million deficit to about $9.4 million of planned deficit spending for 2026 and projects a general‑fund cash balance of $26,161,215 — “40% of the operating budget,” she said.
The numbers mattered in public comment. Eric Oast urged clearer public communication and…
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