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Chester council adopts 2026 budget and approves a package of ordinances on final reading
Summary
The city council unanimously passed the 2026 budget — a $62,199,011 general fund before unpaid pensions and $105,199,011 total expenses including prior unpaid pensions — and approved a series of ordinances on final reading addressing zoning, street openings, taxes and personnel.
The Chester City Council voted unanimously on Dec. 10 to adopt the city’s 2026 budget and to pass multiple ordinances on their last and final readings.
Ordinance 7 (Bill 7) set the general fund budget for 2026 at $62,199,011 before unpaid pensions, with prior unpaid pensions estimated at $43,000,000 and total general fund expenses of $105,199,011. The clerk read departmental appropriations and revenue estimates, including real estate and library taxes of $10,235,000; a taxes line of $26,611,000; fees, fines and permits at $3,676,168; intergovernmental revenues $3,922,187; host fees reported at $16,306,000; and other revenues detailed in Exhibit A referenced in the ordinance.
Council discussed a typographical error under Section 6 that listed the wrong budget year; the…
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