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Residents at Shawnee commission hearing press for clearer capital-improvement and budget disclosures
Summary
At a City Commission public hearing, city staff presented the proposed five-year Capital Improvement Plan and the draft fiscal-year budget, and multiple residents criticized the level of disclosure in budget documents and asked commissioners to delay formal approval until they can see clearer line‑item information.
City of Shawnee staff opened public hearings on the proposed five-year Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal years 2026–2030 and the draft city budget for fiscal year 2025–26, and several residents urged the commission to delay action and provide clearer budget disclosures.
Kimberly Smith, City of Shawnee finance staff, told the commission the CIP and the budget presented at the meeting were the same as the versions circulated in April and that no changes had been made since then. The commission opened the public hearing so citizens could comment on both the CIP and the proposed budget.
Multiple residents spoke during the hearings with similar requests: clearer, more detailed budget documents and explanations of transfers between funds. Fred Turner, who identified himself as a long-time resident, reviewed item-by-item sections of the proposed five-year capital budget and the budget summary and said the way figures were presented made it…
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