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Council coalesces around a conservative budget template; staff to present COA 6 as starting point
Summary
During a May 13 work session the council discussed a range of proposed budget amendments and by informal straw polling settled on a compromise template (referred to in discussion as COA 6) as the starting point for next week’s formal action; staff will prepare the proposed budget using that template and perform legal/financial balancing.
The College Park City Council spent a large portion of its May 13 work session reviewing multiple proposed budget amendment packages and settled, by an informal show‑of‑hands process, on a compromise package staff labeled COA 6 as the working template for next week’s formal budget adoption.
Finance Director Gary Fields reviewed a spreadsheet of council proposals and noted staff’s ability to balance the budget after council identified priorities. City Manager Young and Fields told the council that city reserves remained ahead of worst‑case October projections and that staff could rebalance and prepare a final…
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