Midwest City approves FY 2025–26 budgets for city and related authorities

Midwest City elected officials on multiple governing bodies held a public hearing and approved fiscal year 2025–26 budgets for the City of Midwest City and four related authorities, establishing budget amendment and budget supplement authority for each entity.

Council members and staff described the city's fund balance as a reserve used to sustain projects and absorb revenue shortfalls. A staff member identified the city's official working budget for FY 2025–26 as $227,384,396.

The hearing covered the City of Midwest City general fund budget and separate budgets for the Midwest City Municipal Authority, Midwest City Memorial Hospital Authority, the Midwest City Economic Development Authority and the Midwest City Utilities Authority. Each item was opened as a public hearing; no members of the public spoke on the items during the recorded segment. After brief discussion, council members moved to approve each resolution by voice vote; in each case the chair called for those in favor to say "aye," and the motions carried.

On the importance of reserves, one councilmember said, "The fund balance is our rainy day fund," and noted that maintaining those reserves had allowed the city to pursue major projects and avoid layoffs during periods of lower-than-expected revenue. The speaker pointed to Heritage Park Mall as an example where fund balance made it possible to continue a project that might otherwise have stalled.

A councilmember reminded colleagues that the full budget packet spans 141 pages and has been reviewed at length in prior sessions; the approvals heard during this meeting reflected final votes on items that had already been discussed in detail.

Staff provided the consolidated figure for the city's official working budget. When asked by a councilmember for the "official number" to use as the working budget, a staff member, Tia, stated the full budget total as "227,384,396." No further public comment was recorded during the hearing segments.

Votes at a glance

- City of Midwest City resolution approving FY 2025–26 budget: motion approved by voice vote; budget amount for the city portion was discussed in the meeting materials (see clarifying details). Vote recorded as voice "aye"; specific vote tallies and names were not specified on the record.

- Midwest City Municipal Authority resolution approving FY 2025–26 budget: motion approved by voice vote; budget amount was stated in the meeting but the transcript contains garbled numeric text and the precise figure is not specified in the record excerpt. Vote recorded as voice "aye."

- Midwest City Memorial Hospital Authority resolution approving FY 2025–26 budget: motion approved by voice vote; the transcript lists several line-item amounts in a garbled sequence (discretionary, compounded principal, grants, TIF) and the exact consolidated figure is not specified in the record excerpt. Vote recorded as voice "aye."

- Midwest City Economic Development Authority resolution approving FY 2025–26 budget: motion approved by voice vote; the amount referenced in the transcript is $1,450,737. Vote recorded as voice "aye."

- Midwest City Utilities Authority resolution approving FY 2025–26 budget: motion approved by voice vote; the transcript contains a garbled amount for this item and the precise figure is not specified in the record excerpt. Vote recorded as voice "aye."

What happened next

Following the votes, each body adjourned. Council members said staff would continue to monitor revenues and adjust as necessary during the fiscal year under the established amendment and supplement authority.

The meeting record in the transcript shows no public speakers during the hearings and records the approvals as voice votes; it does not include roll-call tallies or named yes/no votes for the items in the excerpted segment.