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Cudahy council adopts balanced FY 2025–26 budget after staff revisions, flags grant-dependent staffing risks
Summary
The Cudahy City Council adopted the city’s FY 2025–26 operating and capital budget after staff removed an unexplained $650,240 transfer and made other adjustments. Councilmembers pressed staff about positions paid by short-term grants and requested monthly oversight.
The Cudahy City Council on June 17 adopted the city’s fiscal year 2025–26 operating and capital budget after staff presented adjustments that removed a previously budgeted $650,240 transfer and increased some revenues.
City finance staff said the adjustments produced an updated revenue total of $43,040,944 and that the general fund’s projected reserve — the fund balance — would remain above the city policy target, moving from an estimated 28% this year to about 34% under the current estimates. "If our estimates are good, they will be at 34%," finance staff said during the presentation. The council voted to adopt the budget by recorded roll call.
The budget matter was the meeting’s most discussed item because council members raised several follow-up questions about how one-time grants and other restricted funds are being used…
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