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Mayor outlines 2026 budget priorities: infrastructure planning, parks master plan and modest capital ask
Summary
Mayor Kearns told council that with recently updated facilities the city can shift to strategic infrastructure planning, pursue a 10‑year infrastructure plan, advance a parks master plan selection in January, and proceed with first‑reading budget ordinances; finance committee meetings were scheduled for further review.
Mayor Kearns delivered a high‑level overview of the proposed 2026 appropriations ordinance and the city’s capital priorities, emphasizing that many core facilities are new or recently renovated and that the administration is shifting toward strategic, long‑term infrastructure planning.
“All of our core facilities are less than a decade old,” Kearns said, and the city’s financial position — including what the…
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