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Taneytown staff outline budget amendments: PFAS settlement and police task-force costs drive offsetting changes
Summary
City staff described two budget amendments at the Aug. 6 workshop: fiscal 2025 amendment No. 3 (including a $216,000 PFAS settlement payment and increased utility interest) and a 2026 amendment reflecting higher income-tax projections and police costs tied to a drug task-force assignment.
City Manager Jim briefed the Taneytown City Council at the Aug. 6 workshop on two budget amendments: fiscal 2025 budget amendment No. 3 and an amendment to the 2026 budget.
Jim told the council the utility fund received more interest than projected and the city received the first installment from a PFAS class-action settlement, which together produced $216,000 in additional revenue for the utility fund. That meant the city will draw $216,000 less from fund balance for the utility…
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