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Raymore city manager presents conservative FY2026 budget, projects $4.7 million ending balance
Summary
City Manager Fearborn presented a proposed FY2025–26 operating and capital budget that introduces a new Public Safety Sales Tax Fund, projects modest revenue growth, and leaves the city with an unrestricted available fund balance of about $2.18 million for one-time uses.
City Manager Fearborn on Monday presented the Raymore City Council with a proposed operating and capital budget for fiscal year 2025–26 that he described as “stable but slightly slowing” and projected an ending general-fund balance of $4,711,072 for FY26 with $2,177,703 available for one-time expenditures.
Fearborn said the proposed budget is based on a “modified zero‑based, target‑based budgeting approach” and noted several downside risks to revenue, including uncertainty around Senate Bill 3 and developer caution. “We do believe that fiscal year 2026 is gonna be marked by continuing stable but slightly slowing growth,” he said.
The nut graf — why this matters: the budget sets spending and service levels for Raymore and establishes a…
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