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Selma staff outline 2025–26 budget requests including police, fire and public-works staffing
Summary
Department heads told the Selma Town Council on March 6 that growth is stretching public safety and infrastructure and requested new hires and capital replacements for the 2025–26 budget cycle, including four patrol officers for the police department and three firefighters for the fire department.
Selma department heads presented prioritized needs to the town council on March 6 as the town prepares its 2025–26 budget, citing rapid growth and rising service demand.
Staff-level presenters from police, fire, public works, electric, water/sewer, parks and recreation, and finance gave inventories of personnel and capital requests the council will consider during budget work this spring.
Police Chief Hughes said the department wants four additional patrol officers—one for each shift—and a detective to respond to the town's growth. “We’re asking for 4 patrol officers that would put 1 on each shift as well as a good test in…
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