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Springdale council adopts 2026 budget measures, wage increases and firefighter memorandum
Summary
Springdale City Council unanimously approved multiple fiscal measures Dec. 17, 2025, including a five‑year audit contract worth $135,500, wage increases effective Dec. 28 and an emergency MOU with IAFF Local 4027 to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.
Council President called a Dec. 17 Springdale City Council meeting to order and the council moved through several budget and labor items that the finance committee had recommended earlier this month.
Finance Committee Chair Webster reported the committee met Dec. 10 and "voted unanimously to recommend the budget to the city council." Webster provided general fund figures through Nov. 30: a beginning balance of $7,150,982; October revenues of $1,479,244; October expenditures of $1,669,580; and an ending balance of $6,000,966.46.
Front and center were a cluster of ordinances that the council adopted by roll call vote.
Ordinance 47‑20‑25 authorizes the city to contract with…
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