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Finance committee delays final budget vote as mayor readies amendment to move ‘green bank’ funds to parks and formalize election funding
Summary
The Santa Fe Finance Committee postponed its final committee vote until Monday after the mayor said an amendment is being drafted to reallocate roughly $525,000 from a previously designated “green bank” line to park maintenance and to formally include $600,000 set aside for publicly financed elections in the budget.
The Santa Fe Finance Committee on Monday postponed its final committee vote on the FY26 budget after the mayor said an amendment is being drafted to reallocate roughly $525,000 from a line historically identified as the “green bank” to the Parks Department and to formally include $600,000 set aside for publicly financed elections.
The change was announced during the committee’s final hearing when Chair Romero Worth opened floor discussion and invited the mayor to describe the amendment. The mayor said staff work to produce the amendment was interrupted by a storm and was not ready for the meeting; he asked that the committee defer final action until the amendment is complete.
The mayor said the amount identified for the green…
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