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Council adopts $29.6M budget amendment and approves state grant for downtown Memorial Hospital redevelopment
Summary
The council adopted an ordinance amending FY25–26 appropriations to reflect $29,630,052 in reductions tied to implemented operational-efficiency measures and approved a $375,000 Department of Commerce grant for the Memorial Hospital downtown redevelopment project; Councilmembers Knight and Blackwell recorded recusals for the OIC-related grant.
The Rocky Mount City Council adopted an amendment to its FY25–26 operating budgets that reduces appropriations across multiple funds by a total of $29,630,052, and approved a $375,000 state grant for the Memorial Hospital downtown redevelopment project.
City Manager Elton Daniels told the council the revised budget reconciles savings and cost reductions already implemented under an operational-efficiency plan (including reductions in force, contract adjustments and projected purchase-power adjustments in electric and natural-gas sales). He cited the North…
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