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Glenn Heights council delays budget adoption after hour-long review of pay, investments and capital requests
Summary
City Manager Clifford Blackwell presented a $34.7 million operating budget and a $10.3 million capital program and recommended one-time and recurring items including bringing police and fire pay to market minimum; council voted 6-0 to table final budget approval to Sept. 16 for follow-up materials.
City Manager Clifford Blackwell presented the second reading of the city’s fiscal 2025–26 budget and recommended a mix of recurring and one-time expenditures — but the City Council voted unanimously to delay final adoption until Sept. 16 so members can review staff-provided pay-step detail and other backup materials.
Blackwell told the council the package before them included roughly $34 million in operating budget activity and about $10.3 million in capital spending and that revised operating revenues are now approximately $34.7 million. He described two revenue adjustments made since the prior week: adding a budget line for school resource officer (SRO) reimbursements from DeSoto Independent School District (which covers about 80% of the salaries and benefits for two SROs) and increasing projected interest earnings after better-than-expected returns from the city’s investment pools.
The city manager outlined recommended recurring additions including a fire marshal position (prorated to start in January), another dispatcher (hired and prorated to January), a grounds-maintenance hire (targeted for…
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