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City manager proposes balanced FY2026 budget, recommends voter‑approved tax rate to close $1.3M gap
Summary
Mount Pleasant staff presented a proposed FY2026 budget that would close an estimated $1.3 million shortfall by using the voter‑approved property‑tax rate, while keeping reserves near policy targets and deferring some capital decisions to a utilities master plan.
The Mount Pleasant City Manager presented a proposed FY2026 budget at a council workshop, urging the council to adopt the voter‑approved property‑tax rate to close an approximately $1.3 million operating gap and preserve reserve targets.
The manager said the budget is a 12‑month spending plan beginning Oct. 1 and emphasized that it is amendable after adoption. "The budget is a spending for the next 12 months starting October 1," he told the council, framing the document as a guide for city priorities and noting departments prepared…
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