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Finance committee opens budget season, schedules public hearings and department presentations
Summary
The Cincinnati Finance Committee held a kickoff meeting to start the fiscal 2026 budget process, outlined a multi‑phase timeline with public hearings in March, and warned of a lean budget and an $18 million shortfall compared with prior cycles.
The Finance Committee of the Cincinnati Board & Committees opened the city’s fiscal 2026 budget season, laying out a four‑phase schedule that includes three community public hearings in March and department presentations beginning March 17.
Chair (unnamed in transcript) called the session “the kickoff to the budget season” and said the committee will use the next weeks to set budget policy priorities, work with the administration on numbers and release a recommended budget tentatively on May 22. The committee set a tentative target of passing a budget “no sooner than June 18,” and reminded members that a final budget must be…
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