Harrah City Council adopts 2025-26 budget after brief public hearing; 4-1 vote

The Harrah City Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2025–2026 budget Thursday, approving Resolution #06-05-2025 CC by a 4-1 vote. The action followed a brief public hearing at the council's special meeting on June 5, 2025.

At the public hearing, Hans Willemse of the Harrah Historical Society asked the council to add a fund for the Historical Society to next year’s budget. A city staff member, identified as Michele, described the funds the city provided to the Historical Society in 2024 and outlined the process organizations must use to request funds for future budget years. The amount sought for a dedicated fund was not specified during the hearing.

Following the hearing, Councilmember Jennifer McCammond moved to adopt the budget resolution; Vice Mayor Steve Scalzo seconded the motion. The vote was: Yea — Mayor Paul Wiegert, McCammond, Bill Lisby and Scalzo; Nay — Tim Rudek. The motion passed.

During public comments later in the meeting, resident Jeff Brzozowski told the council that funding for the Historical Society had been voted on at a June 10, 2024 meeting; he raised the point in the context of his remarks and asked the City Manager to follow up. The meeting record does not specify whether that earlier vote created a standing fund or the dollar amount involved.

The resolution itself was adopted at the June 5 meeting; the transcript does not list implementation steps or specific line-item changes included in the fiscal-year budget.