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Erie finance director presents conservative revenue scenarios, CIF requests and ballot options for next year
Summary
Finance Director Sarah Hancock presented revenue scenarios (constrained 3—% options), reviewed capital-improvement requests and $7.2M in active grants, and asked council for broad priorities (operations, capital maintenance, public safety, parks) to shape the 2026 recommended budget.
Finance Director Sarah Hancock and staff provided the council with a granular revenue and expenditure review and presented a new forecasting tool that applies tailored growth assumptions to discrete revenue streams instead of a single overall percentage. The team recommended conservative planning assumptions—scenario-based growth rates across different revenue lines that together produced an average constrained scenario of roughly 3—% depending on line items.
Key financial facts staff highlighted: the town has approximately…
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