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Finance Committee reviews FY26 operating budget; staff flag $800,000 operating deficit and follow-up workshop scheduled
Summary
Committee members received an overview of the proposed FY26 operating budget, discussed revenue and expenditure drivers — including health insurance, ECC dispatch costs and paving priorities — and scheduled a second budget workshop to refine options to close a roughly $800,000 operating shortfall.
The Hendersonville Finance Committee on April 22 reviewed the mayor’s proposed FY26 operating budget and discussed revenue updates, spending priorities and areas for further work to produce a balanced operating budget.
Budget staff presented the operating revenue and expenditure overview used by the mayor to construct the recommended budget. Key updates since the initial workshop included a $25,000 projected increase in Parks and Recreation fee revenue offset by a $25,000 decrease in beer and liquor tax revenue, and adjustments that made state revenue line items for police and fire supplemental pay match their corresponding expenditures.
Staff told the committee that operating revenues in the proposed general fund are up about 2.25% from the current fiscal year, while recommended operating expenditures increase by roughly 3.75%, producing an initial operating deficit of…
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