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Councilors lay out budget priorities: crisis response, childcare supports, winter shelter and facilities planning among items
Summary
At a Sept. 16 work session, Iowa City councilors outlined budget priorities for FY27 including a crisis counselor for 9‑1‑1 triage, seed funding for childcare apprenticeship efforts, a potential year‑round winter shelter pilot, and requests to update city facilities and river studies.
Iowa City councilors used the Sept. 16 work session to flag a range of budget priorities for fiscal year 2027, asking staff to consider several program and capital items during the budget build. Key proposals raised by councilors included: - Crisis response at 9‑1‑1: One councilor asked the city to explore adding a crisis counselor or social‑work position to the 9‑1‑1 floor to triage behavioral‑health and social‑service calls and reduce sworn response where appropriate. - Childcare supports: Councilors asked staff to continue the wage enhancement program for childcare and to investigate a small seed fund (roughly…
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