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Harrisburg budget committee hears proposal described as balanced, with capital focus on fire equipment and market projects
Summary
City finance staff presented a 2026 budget the administration described as balanced and showing roughly $2.1 million in excess resources after a $2 million planned use of fund balance; council members pressed for clearer metrics on equity and workforce programs and questioned ARPA/grant timelines.
The Harrisburg City Council budget committee reviewed the mayor’s proposed 2026 spending plan at a late-night session that portrayed the budget as balanced while moving money for capital projects including fire apparatus and Broad Street Market work.
Cedric McCutchen, the finance lead who walked the council through fund-by-fund totals, said the proposal shows revenues exceeding expenses by about $4.1 million before the planned appropriation of $2.0 million from fund balance; after that appropriation McCutchen described roughly $2.1 million…
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