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Clarksville council approves FY2025–26 budget after amendments on hires, taxes and Frosty Morn project
Summary
After failed first reading and a successful motion to reconsider, the Clarksville City Council approved the fiscal year 2025–26 general fund budget as amended. The final measure restores several new hires, raises a transfer to debt service, and closes and directs marketing of the Frosty Morn capital project for senior affordable housing.
The Clarksville City Council voted to approve the fiscal year 2025–26 general fund budget after a motion to reconsider and a series of amendments that restored multiple new hires and changed the handling of a long-running Frosty Morn capital project.
The action followed an initial first-reading vote in which the ordinance failed, a motion to reconsider later in the meeting, and subsequent floor amendments that altered personnel and capital project allocations before final passage.
Council members debated an amendment by Councilman Streetman to restore 16 positions across departments — including three building and codes staff, three firefighters, a materials management supervisor, a garage equipment maintenance technician, several parks and recreation grounds positions and four…
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