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Garden City manager previews 2026–27 budget, urges larger fund balance
Summary
City Manager Gibbons told the council the city has reduced last year’s budget deficit and recommended raising the general fund balance toward 30%, highlighted a projected worst‑case fund‑balance use of about $3.38 million, and noted roughly $1 million in outside funding for a Ford Road water‑main project.
City Manager Gibbons presented a preview of the 2026–27 budget on Feb. 9, saying the city has narrowed last year’s deficit and recommending the council prioritize rebuilding the general fund balance. “We’ve turned a nice corner,” he said, describing step‑wise reductions from an initial temporary deficit of about $3,000,000 to under $1,000,000 by year‑end.
Gibbons asked the council to set a stronger fund‑balance floor, noting the budget’s worst‑case use of fund…
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