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Council presses city on $3 million rise in contingency and repair‑and‑replacement; administration cites best‑practice targets
Summary
Council members questioned why contingency and repair‑and‑replacement (R&R) allocations rose by roughly $3 million in a tight budget year. Administration staff said the increases reflect actuarial and nonrecurring cost volatility and an effort to move contingency closer to a recommended 3–5% target.
Council members pressed the administration during Chattanooga’s budget education session over a combined roughly $3 million increase in contingency and repair‑and‑replacement (R&R) funding that appears in the proposed FY26 budget.
“Why in a year where we're going to look at a property tax increase or we increase in R and R and contingency? It looks like that would be a great place to at least stay flat instead of increase $3,000,000 maybe even cut,” Councilman Henderson asked during the…
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