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Board of Aldermen trims FY26 budget; prioritizes staff raises and modern records
Summary
The Board of Aldermen presented a smaller FY26 budget that preserves staff raises, cuts several contract and supply lines, and plans to implement meeting-management software and a digitization project with the Missouri Secretary of State.
The Board of Aldermen presented a proposed FY26 operating budget to the Budget & Public Employees Committee on May 8 and described modest reductions aimed at preserving staff salaries while trimming nonessential contract and supply spending.
The board’s proposed FY26 total is $5,493,651, a slight decrease from the FY25 adopted budget, the board president told the committee. Personnel services remain the largest part of the budget; regular employee salaries are budgeted at about $3,000,596 and reflect the citywide 3% increase given to city employees.…
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