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Council adopts 2025–26 budget and amendments; approves court fee change and zoning amendment on first readings
Summary
Council approved the 2025–26 budget and related amendments on second reading, unanimously approved a first reading to raise magistrate-court training fees (state increase) and gave first reading approval to a zoning amendment on horizontal property regime.
Westmoreland City Council approved its 2025–26 budget ordinance and associated amendments on second reading and took first-reading action on a magistrate-court training fee increase and a zoning amendment to the horizontal property regime.
The council recorded unanimous approval on second reading of the budget ordinance (identified in the meeting as Ordinance 52020 5-1 for the 2025–2026 budget) and unanimous approval for the budget-amendment ordinance (identified in the packet as Ordinance 52020 5-2). Roll-call votes for both measures were recorded as unanimous among members present.
On a separate item, council gave first reading approval to a magistrate-court training-fee adjustment; staff told the council the state increased its portion of the fee by $1, and the council moved the local fee to $140 to reflect the change. That first-reading motion was approved unanimously.
The council also approved first reading of an amendment to the zoning ordinance concerning the horizontal property regime (ordinance cited in the packet as 0062025-1). The council noted the item had been discussed previously at a work-study session; Councilman Staples moved the first-reading motion and Councilman Borders seconded. The vote on first reading was unanimous.
Minutes and other routine procedural items were approved earlier in the meeting. The packet and discussion did not record substantive amendments to the budget ordinance or the zoning amendment during the meeting.
