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Commission adopts 2026 appropriation ordinance; staff outlines revenue changes and capital totals
Summary
On second reading the Huron City Commission adopted the 2026 annual appropriation ordinance. Staff said overall after-tax revenue rose 2.9 percent and presented capital asset totals and proposed enterprise rate changes.
The Huron City Commission on Sept. 22 adopted the second reading of the 2026 annual appropriation ordinance as presented by city staff.
City finance staff summarized key figures: "after tax revenue has an increase of 2.9%," and staff reported a line item described in the meeting as "new growth 1.19" (as stated in the presentation). The presenter gave a 2026 budget total of $40,896,417 and said that represented about a 9% decrease from the previous year, largely because major projects—identified in the meeting as downtown and certain water and sewer projects—are completed and no longer in the budget.
Staff provided capital-asset totals by fund as stated in the presentation: second-penny capital assets listed at $4,618,652; water capital assets $279,004.27; sewer $676,000; and solid-waste $398,000.11. Enterprise-rate changes cited from an initial study were summarized as 4.5% for water, 4.2% for sewer and 5% for solid waste.
Finance staff recommended adoption after multiple months of preparation and negotiation with unions; the commission approved the second reading on a recorded roll call vote.
The commission made no substantive changes on second reading and recorded no public comments on the ordinance in the meeting transcript.
The commission voted to adopt the ordinance on second reading, which completes the council's formal adoption process for the appropriation as recorded in the meeting.
