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Council directs staff to allocate $1.38 million in FY26 recommendations; vote splits 3-2
Summary
The council gave staff direction, by a 3-2 vote, to prepare the FY26 budget ordinance allocating $1,380,000 toward specific enhancements including parks and recreation, fleet, resurfacing and traffic calming while keeping the proposed 52-cent tax rate.
Garner officials presented the town’s recommended FY26 budget and council voted 3–2 to direct staff to prepare the budget ordinance reflecting $1,380,000 in additional allocations to items recommended by staff.
Budget Director Sarah Warren summarized the recommended budget as approximately $87.4 million and described it as a priority-based package with a proposed property-tax rate of 52 cents, unchanged from FY25. Warren said the tax-rate split under the recommendation would allocate 43.5 cents to town operations and 8.5 cents to debt service. She identified two top council priorities included…
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