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Council reviews FY26 budget preview: personnel requests, $537,016 in one‑time asks and debate over a $300,000 road fix
Summary
At a May 14 budget work session staff presented preliminary FY26 numbers, including a projected $63.5 million total budget, a net increase of one FTE in the general fund, and $537,016 in proposed one‑time expenditures. Council members pressed staff for alternatives on a $300,000 Tall Tree/Renner road project funded from reserves.
City staff presented a preliminary overview of the fiscal year 2026 budget at the May 14 budget work session, outlining personnel requests, one‑time spending proposals and a general‑fund primer ahead of a final discussion later in the summer.
The numbers: Staff projected a proposed total budget of about $63.5 million for FY26 — roughly a 10% increase over the adopted FY25 total — and presented an updated property-tax comparison and preliminary rate recommendation. Verna (finance staff) told the council the VOT A projection under current assumptions would be about 0.370331; staff emphasized those numbers are preliminary and subject to certified valuations that arrive later in the summer.
Personnel and one‑time requests: Verna said the requested personnel changes produce a net increase of one…
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