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Council adopts 2025–26 municipal budget; officials say utility rates were not included
Summary
The City Council adopted the 2025–2026 municipal budget, which officials said is smaller than the previous year due to completed capital projects; councilors clarified that utility rate changes were not adopted and will be considered during the annual rates-and-fees process in July and August.
The City of Broken Arrow adopted its municipal budget for fiscal year 2025–2026, and city officials said the adopted budget reflects a decrease from the prior year because several capital improvement projects were completed.
Councilor David Pickle, who said this was his first opportunity to participate in adopting the budget, described the responsibility and noted that the budget “actually was a decrease in our budget” for 2025–2026 “due to capital improvement projects that were completed.” Aaron McCullough clarified that “no utility rate increases were adopted with the budget's adoption on Tuesday night.”
McCullough and Pickle said utility rates and other fees will be decided separately during the city’s annual rates-and-fees process in July and August. The recording did not provide the formal motion text, the names of the mover and seconder, or a vote tally; speakers described the item as adopted at the council meeting but did not state the specific ordinance or resolution number on the recording.
The hosts also said there were “about 80 other items on the agendas” at the same meeting and directed residents to the city website for meeting minutes and supporting documents.
The recording contains council members’ characterization of the budget and scheduling for rate decisions; it did not include a vote record, the budget document itself, or ordinance citations on the audio segment.
