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Carefree staff outline fiscal priorities, reserves and budget timeline at first workshop
Summary
Town Administrator Gary Neece and staff presented Carefree’s fiscal position, capital priorities and the multi‑phase budget schedule at the first of three budget workshops; staff described record capital reserves and planned investments while noting continued focus on conservative management.
Town Administrator Gary Neece opened the Town of Carefree’s first fiscal year 2026 budget workshop by telling the council and public that the town is in a strong fiscal position and will follow a three‑phase budget process that concludes with a July 1 start of the new fiscal year.
The workshop matters because it set the town’s spending priorities — infrastructure maintenance, public safety contracts, drainage and pedestrian improvements — and established the calendar for the next steps in budget adoption.
At the workshop Neece described a multi‑month process: an evaluation phase (January–March) when staff…
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