Mount Pleasant council adopts 2025–26 budgets, sets 2025 property tax rate and approves city spending

Mount Pleasant City Council voted on June 24 to adopt multiple operating budgets for the 2025–26 fiscal year, set the city’s 2025 property tax rate and approve several routine spending items and requisitions.

The council approved resolutions adopting the Mount Pleasant City operating budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and related amendments for the 2024–25 and 2025–26 fiscal years. The council also approved adoption of the Mount Pleasant City Library operating budget for 2025–26 and a separate operating budget for the local building authority (LBA) for the same fiscal year. The council adopted the municipal property tax rate for 2025 at the same meeting.

Council members also approved an ordinance enacting compensation increases for certain executive municipal officers. In addition to the budget and ordinance actions, the council approved the regular claims register and several requisitions and one-time expenditures, including a requisition to Energy Management Corporation for $8,755 for generator alignment and testing work, a $10,044.60 contract for bounce houses and related equipment for the July 4 celebration, and a one-time donation of $2,000 to the Children’s Justice Center to cover trauma-based therapy for a child from the community.

Votes and formal actions recorded at the meeting included: - Approval of claims register dated 06/07/2025–06/20/2025 in the amount of $485,735.37. Motion made and seconded; roll call recorded Lynn — yes; Paul — yes; Russ — yes; Robbie — yes. Outcome: approved. - Requisition 61820250958 to Energy Management Corporation in the amount of $8,755 for cold and hot alignment and a vibration test of a refurbished speed increaser/generator. Motion made and seconded; roll call recorded Wayne — yes; Paul — yes; Russ — yes; Robbie — yes. Outcome: approved. - Approval of July 4 bounce-house contract and related equipment at a cost of $10,044.60. Motion made and seconded; roll call recorded Meg — yes; Paul — yes; Russ — yes; Brandy — yes; Vincent — yes. Outcome: approved. - One-time donation of $2,000 to the Children’s Justice Center to support trauma-based therapy for children; motion made and seconded; roll call recorded Lynn — yes; Paul — yes; Russ — yes; Roni — yes; Kate — yes. Outcome: approved. - A series of budget resolutions and operating budget adoptions: library budget amendment (Resolution 2025-04), general operating budget amendments (Resolution 2025-05), adoption of the Mount Pleasant City Library operating budget for 2025–26 (Resolution 2025-06), adoption of the city operating budget for 2025–26 (Resolution 2025-07), adoption of the 2025 city property tax rate (Resolution 2025-08), and the Local Building Authority operating budget (LBA 2025-01). Each resolution was moved, seconded and approved by roll-call vote during the meeting; roll calls recorded multiple councilmembers voting yes, and each resolution was adopted. - Ordinance 2025-03 enacting compensation increases for certain executive municipal officers was moved, seconded and approved by roll call. - Resolution 2025-09 to recognize and approve the Mount Pleasant American250 community committee was moved, seconded and approved by roll call.

The motions were presented as individual items on the agenda and handled in sequence. Where roll-call names were recorded in the transcript, they are listed above; where the transcript recorded a motion and a unanimous roll call without a complete list of names, the minutes reflect those roll-call approvals as recorded.

The council meeting proceeded with typical procedural votes for claims and budgets followed by brief staff and community reports. Several items—especially budget approvals and the property tax rate—were presented as resolutions with minimal public debate during this session.