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Mayor Reed previews FY2026 budget, highlights taxes, parks investments and public-safety technology
Summary
Mayor Steven Reed told the Montgomery City Council that July revenue showed mixed results ahead of his FY2026 budget presentation, highlighted recent parks and recreation successes and said the city will expand traffic enforcement technology while investing in community facilities.
Mayor Steven Reed on Tuesday previewed the City of Montgomery's fiscal priorities and flagged items he will present with the full FY2026 budget on Aug. 19. Reed cited mixed July revenue results, investments in parks and recreation and planned spending on traffic-enforcement technology.
In an overview of city revenues, Reed said sales and use tax collections had rebounded strongly from March through June but that July showed “a dip down about 1.5% compared to July” and noted a major franchise had not remitted July sales tax by the deadline. He said, “despite the dip, we're seeing about a 2% year over year growth, and we remain optimistic with strong collections in coming months, we can close the fiscal year with 3% growth overall.”
Reed told the council that lodging tax returned to strong growth in July — up more than 11%…
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