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Angola mayor and finance staff present balanced operating budget, warn of state changes
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Mayor Richard Hickman and finance staff presented a 2026 budget package that keeps operating funds balanced but reduces capital spending and warns of state legislative changes that could reduce future revenues.
Mayor Richard Hickman and city finance staff on Sept. 2 presented the proposed 2026 city budget and a budget-management report that the administration described as balanced on the tax-funded side.
"For the tax funded side of city operations, we are presenting a balanced budget for 2026," Mayor Hickman said in his prepared remarks. The mayor told council the city is budgeting expenditures about 1% below estimated revenues for 2026 and that general-fund spending is proposed to rise 2.2% while overall city operations (including other funds) show a 4.8% decrease year over…
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