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Memphis council approves FY2026 budget amendments amid union appeals to honor prior impasse agreement
Summary
The City Council approved several fiscal-year 2026 budget amendments, including corrections to benefits line items and unfunding of select positions, while union leaders and public speakers urged the council to honor a prior impasse agreement and preserve approved raises for city employees.
The Memphis City Council on Wednesday approved multiple amendments to the fiscal year 2026 operating budget and advanced the city's overall appropriation ordinance after hours of debate and public testimony, including appeals from union representatives to honor a previously ratified impasse agreement.
Council actions included a correction reducing group life insurance and long-term disability line items that Councilwoman Green said resulted in a $95,000 net increase to unassigned fund balance; an amendment that unfunded three lower-paid positions in Animal Services (moving $162,106 to unassigned fund balance); and other targeted adjustments. Each amendment passed on separate roll-call…
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