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Woodstock council advances FY2026 operating budget after staff removes 12 firefighter positions
Summary
City staff presented the proposed FY2026 operating budget, noting a balanced general fund, a 4% water rate increase and the removal of 12 firefighter positions from the draft. Council opened and closed a public hearing and voted to advance the budget to a final reading next week.
Woodstock Mayor Michael Caldwell and the City Council on June 9 advanced the city’s proposed fiscal year 2026 operating budget after staff removed 12 firefighter positions that had been included in an earlier draft.
City staff member Miss Welch presented the reading for the FY2026 budget, telling council that “everything is balanced.” Welch said the general fund’s property-tax projections assume 2% new construction growth and that the water fund includes a 4% rate increase effective July 1. She told council that the 12 firefighter positions proposed in May were removed from the…
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