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Finance director outlines $1.05M plan to fund collective-bargaining settlements in proposed budget amendment

3537321 · May 27, 2025
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Finance Director Steve Groom presented a proposed biennial budget amendment that would reforecast utility-tax receipts and reallocate various fund balances to cover $1,050,000 in collective-bargaining settlements and several restricted capital and IT items; the committee voted to send the ordinance to public hearing and first reading on June 3.

Finance Director Steve Groom presented a proposed ordinance (Ordinance 02/2025) to amend the 2025–26 biennial budget and fund a set of items including collective-bargaining settlements and several capital and IT expenditures. FEDRAC voted on May 27 to send the ordinance to public hearing and first reading on June 3.

Groom said the largest single need is roughly $1,050,000 to fund recently settled collective-bargaining agreements, including retroactive pay for certain units. To create capacity in the general fund, staff proposed a combination of a more favorable utility-tax…

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