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Council gives staff budget guidance: request scenarios at 3% and 5% growth, note healthcare and utilities risks
Summary
Councilors asked staff to prepare FY27 budget drafts using a 3% target while also modeling a higher scenario (5%) and to include enterprise/utility impacts; members warned that health-care costs and capital needs may make a 3% target difficult to achieve without service reductions.
City Manager Regina asked the council for direction ahead of FY27 budget development; the council discussed a 3% target for general-fund increase but requested staff provide alternate scenarios to show tradeoffs.
Councilors recalled last year's 3% guidance and noted staffing, health-care and enterprise-fund pressures. Elaine said 3% has served as a de facto target historically and recommended…
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