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Fairhope reviews FY2026 capital equipment, highlights police, fire and infrastructure projects
Summary
City staff briefed the council on a 24.5% rise in proposed FY2026 capital equipment spending and walked through department-level purchases and rollovers, including major fire apparatus, police vehicle upgrades and a large capital projects fund with many carryover items.
Kim Creech, a city staff member, presented a review of the FY2026 General Fund and utilities capital equipment and improvements budget at the Fairhope City Council work session on Sept. 8.
Creech told the council the capital equipment budget shows “an increase of 24.5%.” She said some of that increase reflects rollovers: equipment ordered but not yet delivered. “We still have a few more meetings to go through. Just a quick overview, on general fund and their supporting departments,” Creech said.
The review listed department-level purchases and planned rollovers. Among equipment items Creech identified were a $20,000 sensor for the planning department’s new drone, $150,000 in IT network upgrades and an $11,000 camera server; a $34,000 vehicle for human resources; and a police equipment package listed at roughly $620,000, including $140,000 tied to moving the dispatch area and vehicle replacements with associated radars, cameras…
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