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Committee approves departmental budgets after questions on staffing, leasing and park operations
Summary
Council approved individual departmental budget sections after detailed Q&A: police leasing/AXON costs and vacancy levels, fire overtime and staffing math, public works accounting shifts and contracting, and parks staffing/ride-operator shortages (Bay Beach). Directors described recruitment plans and cited some one-time revenue offsets.
The Finance Committee moved through departmental budget sections with substantive discussion and approval for each area.
Police: Staff explained a significant lease-payment increase driven by a new Axon agreement and more leased vehicles (including nonmarked patrol cars and leased motorcycles). The police chief said the department recently hired seven officers, still has roughly 13 open positions on a day-to-day basis and expects around six retirements in 2026; total sworn positions if fully staffed…
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