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Peachtree City council sets earlier budget work session, presses for clearer flags on big-ticket additions
Summary
City manager and council agreed to start the fiscal 2026 budget process earlier, adding an April work session to set broad goals and ask staff for flagged changes; council members pressed for clearer identification of large new requests, a separate maintenance “slice” of the budget and proposals for a min–max reserve policy.
Peachtree City agreed to kick off fiscal 2026 budget planning with a new April work session to give council earlier input on high-level goals and to ask staff to flag large new or non‑inflationary requests.
The council and City Manager Justin said the earlier session is intended to define council priorities — revenue expectations, priority projects and major operating choices — before departments build line‑item budgets. Staff will return in June with the formal proposed budget at the usual cadence.
Why it matters: Council members said they were blindsided last year by late additions and retreat‑driven projects that added about $2.4 million to the adopted…
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