Danville managers present final FY26 budget revisions; commissioners weigh county-led park projects and staffing gaps

City Manager Earl Coffey presented revised draft numbers for the Danville fiscal year 2026 budget at a special-called meeting, asking commissioners for direction on a handful of outstanding items including a $17,000 utility-fund gap, an unfunded battalion chief position and whether to match county commitments to shared park projects.

Coffey said the city remains about $17,000 “upside down” in the utility fund and that staff plans to trim construction-material line items across four major departments to balance that fund. He also told the commission the battalion chief position the commission previously discussed is not included in the current draft and acknowledged that omission as an oversight.

Staff reviewed several capital items and timing: police-body-camera/video upgrades were reduced from an earlier $100,000 estimate to a known…