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Flagstaff council narrows budget priorities to core services, housing, economic vitality and capital investments
Summary
Using a facilitated exercise, council members and staff identified and agreed on four top priorities for 2026 budgeting: (1) core services (including employee compensation), (2) housing, (3) economic vitality (tourism and business attraction), and (4) capital investments including parks, forest health and infrastructure.
Council and staff at the retreat used a facilitated, team-based exercise to identify and align the city's top priorities for the coming budget cycle.
After breakout discussions, teams presented mission-mandate-style language and then narrowed an initial long list to four priorities that will guide the 2026 budget process: (1) core services — with explicit inclusion of employee compensation and personnel stability; (2) housing;…
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