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Committee advances budget-process resolution; councilors debate timing and public engagement approach
Summary
Finance Committee approved a resolution establishing improvements to the FY27 budget process and calling for community engagement; councilors debated whether engagement should precede or follow the council’s goal-setting and whether the city should use interactive "community roundtable" sessions rather than traditional town halls.
The Finance Committee on Sept. 8 approved Resolution 2025 (sponsored by Councilor Cassett, Councilor Faulkner, the mayor and the chair) to adopt improvements to the budget process for the FY26–27 annual operating budget, with provisions for finance-committee recommendation and expanded public engagement. Councilors discussed an amendment in progress that would clarify when the finance committee makes a recommendation and would describe the…
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