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Finance committee reports proposed 2526 departmental budgets and flags need to increase city water rights
Summary
The finance committee reported proposed 2526 departmental budgets for fire and police and raised the prospect that the city will need to increase its water rights; committee members and department chiefs attended the meeting.
Chairman Edward Birx reported that all finance committee members were present for the July 14 committee meeting and that Treasurer Steve Anderson, Police Chief Thomas Langford, Fire Chief Brett Sipes and several aldermen attended.
Birx said Fire Chief Brett Sipes and Police Chief Thomas Langford presented proposed 2526 departmental budgets during the finance committee meeting. Birx also said the committee discussed the need to increase the city’s water rights and characterized that increase as likely mandatory. The committee adjourned after those presentations.
The committee report provided attendance and a high-level summary of topics discussed, but the transcript does not include line-item budget figures, specific proposed increases, or a timeline for any formal council consideration. Birx said another finance committee meeting will be scheduled soon to continue work on budget items.
