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Anniston council adopts FY2025 budget after amendment to fund hospital fails
Summary
The Anniston City Council adopted its fiscal year 2025 budget after an attempt to amend the measure to appropriate $250,000 for a hospital partnership failed for lack of a second; council members cited uncertainty about the hospital's board restructuring and refinancing.
The Anniston City Council voted to adopt the city's fiscal year 2025 budget after rejecting an amendment to set aside $250,000 for a partnership with the local hospital.
Speaker 3 introduced the budget resolution and floated the idea of a financial contribution to the hospital, but said the council could not agree to move forward given uncertainties about the hospital board's restructuring and an incomplete refinancing plan. Speaker 3 moved an amendment to appropriate $250,000 of county funding toward that purpose; the motion failed for lack of a second. After brief discussion the council proceeded to a roll call and Speaker 3 announced the budget had been approved.
The amendment to allocate $250,000 was described by Speaker 3 as coming from funds the city had "just received from the county." No additional budget totals, line-item breakdowns, or final vote tallies were provided in the transcript.
The council did not record a named mover or seconder for the failed amendment in the transcript, and no individual council votes are attributed to specific members beyond repeated affirmative responses. The meeting record indicates the budget resolution passed but does not include the numerical roll-call breakdown within the provided transcript.
Next procedural steps were not specified in the transcript. The council moved on to consider updates to the traffic code later in the meeting.
