Council adopts several departmental operating and capital budget ordinances unanimously

Summary

At a special session the Clarksville City Council unanimously adopted multiple FY24–25 budget amendments and several FY25–26 operating and capital budgets for specific funds and departments, including community development block grant/HOME plan approvals and departmental budgets for gas & water, transit, parking and internal service funds.

The Clarksville City Council voted unanimously on a set of operating and capital budget ordinances for multiple city funds and departments in the special session’s early agenda.

Council members approved the second readings and votes for a sequence of budget ordinances: Ordinance 91 (operating/capital budgets for CDE light ban), Ordinance 92 (amending FY24–25 and approving FY25–26 annual action plan and budgets and authorizing applications for Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership funds), Ordinance 93 (Clarksville Gas and Water Department operating and capital budgets), Ordinance 94 (internal service funds), Ordinance 95 (Clarkson Parking Commission proprietary fund), and Ordinance 96 (Clarksville Transit System operating and capital budgets). Each ordinance was moved, seconded and passed on the council floor with recorded tallies of 12 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.

Council members registered that all were present except Councilman Chandler for the roll call at the start of the meeting.