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Council adopts FY2026 budget, approves emergency budget amendments and pay‑plan changes to meet state minimum wage
Summary
The Joplin City Council approved emergency budget amendments and adopted the FY2026 budget, and passed pay‑plan adjustments to comply with Missouri’s new $15 minimum wage for public employers effective Jan. 1, 2026.
The finance director presented several fiscal measures tied to the end of the FY2025 cycle and the FY2026 budget. Council approved council bill 2025‑537, a budget amendment to ensure expenditures do not exceed appropriations, which staff summarized as increasing expenditures across all funds by $6,511,800 to cover items including audit costs, utilities, engineering transfers and pension gap costs.
Council then considered…
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