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Oxford staff present 2026 budget changes; council adopts supplemental 2025 appropriation
Summary
At first reading the council reviewed proposed 2026 appropriations and related ordinances — including a nearly $960,000 increase for a passenger-rail platform and a $50,000 skate-park reallocation — and discussed alignment with the comprehensive plan. Council also adopted a supplemental 2025 appropriation ordinance by roll call.
City staff presented the first reading of the proposed 2026 appropriations ordinance and several companion budget ordinances, and the council later adopted a supplemental 2025 appropriation.
At first reading, finance staff summarized changes to the proposed fiscal 2026 budget: a reallocation of $50,000 to the skate park project; an increase of $959,771 for the passenger-rail platform to cover additional design and construction costs; and adjustments to reflect that some 2025 CDBG grant expenditures will occur in 2026. Staff said Miami University and the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana regional council (OKI) have verbally committed additional cost-share amounts — Miami for roughly $653,000 and OKI for $209,618 — and staff are seeking written…
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