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Windcrest finance staff warns of $1.4 million projected shortfall; council given 14 balancing options
Summary
City finance staff presented fiscal 2024–25 performance and a projected $1.4 million shortfall for fiscal 2025–26, citing falling sales tax, higher legal and animal control costs and insurance increases; staff asked council to rank options including a 10% budget cut, tax-rate adjustments, hiring freezes and use of fund balance.
City finance staff presented the fiscal 2024–25 status and a projection showing a potential $1.4 million deficit for fiscal year 2025–26 and outlined 14 options to balance the next-year budget. The presentation attributed the current-year pressure to falling sales-tax revenue, higher legal spending and a spike in animal-control and impound/shelter costs.
Fiscal staff projected revenues “a little bit over $10,500,000” and expenditures of about $11,900,000, creating the roughly $1.4 million gap if no changes are made. The presentation said the city would use about $614,729 of the fund…
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