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City manager: new supplemental revenue and school reimbursements avert planned budget cuts; council offered 4% wage increase
Summary
City staff reported two late revenue changes — supplemental real‑estate assessments and increased school reimbursements — that allow the city to restore program funding previously endangered by a state grant veto and raise the FY26 general wage increase from 3.5% to 4%.
The city manager and budget staff told the Hampton City Council on May 20 that unexpectedly large real‑estate supplemental assessments and increased reimbursable payments from Hampton City Schools created roughly $1.2 million in additional revenue, enabling the city to restore programs and provide a larger across‑the‑board pay increase for employees.
City Manager Mary Bunting said the city had planned to use a SAFER communities and violence‑prevention grant to avoid recurring general‑fund…
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