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Council schedules budget workshops for July to advance 2026 planning
Summary
The council set preliminary budget workshop dates (July 23 and July 30) and asked staff to assign departments to sessions; members preferred multi‑hour focused meetings rather than brief add‑ons to regular council nights.
Council discussed scheduling budget work sessions and the format for reviewing the 2026 budget and capital improvement plan. Staff recommended multi‑hour meetings if the council intended to review line items department by department.
Council members debated meeting length and timing (weeknights vs. Fridays) and agreed to avoid over‑long single‑day sessions, preferring multiple focused meetings. The council settled on initial workshop dates: Wednesday, July 23 and Wednesday, July 30, with meetings to start at 5 p.m. and run until roughly 8 p.m. (staff will post 5 p.m. as the start time). Staff said it would coordinate which department heads need to attend each session and post the workshops in compliance with public notice rules.
Jason and Josie explained technical considerations about having interim finance services (ABDO) present for select meetings and recommended limiting consultant attendance to sessions where finalized draft spreadsheets are reviewed to avoid repeated consultant work on draft changes.
Ending
Staff will post public notice for the July 23 and July 30 budget workshops, assign departments to sessions, and determine which meetings need interim finance staff present for final spreadsheet review.
