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Council approves amendment requiring future budgets to include prior year budget and head count starting 2026
Summary
Councilman Lacombe proffered and Councilman Harrison seconded an amendment to ordinance 1 56 20 25 requiring that beginning with the 2026 budget, all future budget submissions include the previous year's budget numbers and head counts. The committee voted in favor and the amendment passed on voice vote.
During the finance committee session, Councilman Lacombe proffered an amendment to ordinance 1 56 20 25 that would require all budget submissions beginning in 2026 to include the previous year's budget numbers and head count. Councilman Harrison seconded the amendment.
The motion was called for discussion, none was offered, and the chair put the question: "All in favor say aye." A voice vote was recorded and the chair announced the amendment passed.
Committee members who raised long‑standing concerns about budget comparators applauded the action; the amendment responds to repeated requests from council to make year‑to‑year comparisons easier in the published budget books and was described by members as a legislative fix to address omissions in the current document formatting.
