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Finance committee forwards FY26 budgets, agency funding and transfers to council; vape tax tabled
Summary
The Tuscaloosa City Finance Committee approved a package of FY26 budgets, agency funding agreements and fund transfers and forwarded them to the City Council; a proposed vape tax ordinance was tabled for one week.
The Tuscaloosa City Finance Committee approved a package of fiscal-year 2026 budget items, funding agreements and facility-fund transfers and forwarded them to the City Council for final action. Committee members also voted to table a proposed amendment to Chapter 7 related to a vape tax for one week to allow more information to be provided.
Among items the committee approved were the renewal of the city engineer’s professional liability insurance, a funding agreement that routes a portion of the mayor’s Project Warrior capital allocation to the Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports Commission, general-fund budget adoption as revised, the Elevate fund budget, water and sewer operating and capital budgets, and multiple transfers…
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