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Glenn Heights council debates step increases, one‑time purchases as budget goes to first reading
Summary
City Manager Clifford Blackwell presented the proposed FY2025–26 budget; council spent extensive time on step increases for employees, one‑time equipment purchases and supplemental requests. First reading and public hearings were held; the council postponed the tax‑rate adoption vote until Sept. 9, voting 6‑0 to set the continuation meeting.
City Manager Clifford Blackwell presented the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget at the council's first reading, and councilmembers spent more than an hour debating salary step increases, one‑time equipment purchases and department supplemental requests.
Blackwell told the council the combined operating funds total roughly $34,400,000 in revenue offset by about $34,000,000 in expenditures, leaving a net surplus of approximately $310,000. He said capital projects total about $10.3 million with $3.7 million of inflows planned to help offset costs. Blackwell also presented a proposed tax rate of $0.562795 per $100 of assessed value (the voter‑approval/no‑new‑revenue rate) and explained the differences…
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