Idaho Falls council reviews balanced-budget proposal and year-round budgeting changes

Mayor and city finance staff told the Idaho Falls City Council on Tuesday that the proposed 2025–26 budget is the product of a year‑round process intended to make the city’s budgeting more deliberate and more transparent.

“We’re gonna call our, first budget Tuesday, session to order,” the mayor said, opening the session that staff said was the latest step in a budgeting rhythm that now includes a February council retreat, department reviews in March and a full budget workshop in April.

Brooks, the city’s assistant finance manager, told the council that “for fiscal year 25 through the month of May, we have, a 184,000,000 of our budget has been received and accounted for in the account system. That is 59%.” Brooks said that the timing of major tax and grant deposits means some month‑to‑month comparisons…