City Council adopts FY2026 property-tax request, budget ordinance and names depositories

The City Council adopted Resolution 2025-09 setting the city's property tax request for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2026; approved Ordinance 24-88 appropriating funds for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2026; and adopted Resolution 2025-10 designating depositories for city monies.

The measures were introduced as agenda items 4 through 6. Councilmembers moved and seconded the measures and then took roll-call votes. The ordinance (24-88) was presented for first reading and, by motion, the council suspended the rules to adopt it the same night.

Why it matters: The resolutions and the ordinance together set the city2s official property-tax request for the coming fiscal year, appropriate the money needed to run city services for FY2026, provide the certification that must be sent to the county clerk of Phelps County, Nebraska, and identify bank accounts and other depositories for city funds.

Resolution 2025-09 (property-tax request) The council adopted Resolution 2025-09, described in the meeting as "setting the city, the city's property tax request for the fiscal year ending 09/30/2026." The resolution will set the tax request figure the city forwards for county certification. The resolution text in the meeting referenced certification to the county clerk of Phelps County, Nebraska.

Ordinance 24-88 (appropriations) Ordinance 24-88 was introduced as a first reading and described in the meeting as "an ordinance appropriating the sums of money required to defray all of the necessary expenses and liabilities of the city ... for the fiscal year ending 09/30/2026, specifying the objects and purposes for which such appropriations are made and the amount appropriate for each object or purpose, specifying dollars to be levied for each object or purpose, providing for certification of this ordinance to the county clerk of Phelps County, Nebraska, and designating the time this ordinance shall be in effect." After a motion to suspend the rules, the council moved to adopt the ordinance that same night.

Resolution 2025-10 (depositories) The council adopted Resolution 2025-10, described in the meeting as "establishing the depositories for city monies in various accounts of the city ... for the fiscal year ending 09/30/2026." That resolution identifies the official accounts and institutions where city funds will be held; the meeting record references certification steps but does not list account names in the transcript.

Votes at a glance - Resolution 2025-09 (property-tax request): adopted. Roll call responses recorded as "yes" by councilmembers during the item. - Ordinance 24-88 (appropriations): adopted after suspension of rules. Roll call responses recorded as "yes" by councilmembers during the item. - Resolution 2025-10 (depositories): adopted. Roll call responses recorded as "yes" by councilmembers during the item.

Meeting context and procedure The items were considered consecutively as agenda items 4, 5 and 6. The ordinance was presented on first reading and the council voted to suspend the rules to consider final adoption the same night. The meeting transcript records roll-call responses in sequence; the record shows multiple councilmembers responding "yes" during each roll call. The transcript does not provide a single consolidated tally count for each vote in numeric form nor list the full text of the resolutions or the ordinance in the record excerpt provided.

What the record does not specify The transcript excerpt does not specify the exact property-tax amount the council set, the line-item appropriation amounts within Ordinance 24-88, or the names of the specific bank accounts or financial institutions designated as depositories. Those details were not included in the provided transcript portion and are therefore not reported here.