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Carrollton council narrows FY2026 budget options, leans toward market raises and funding select projects
Summary
In a work‑session deep dive on the FY2026 proposed budget, council directed staff toward a roughly 2.25%–2.3% employee raise (to remain competitive), agreed to prioritize several one‑time ATBs (library access lockers, part‑time rec staffing, options for a Perry Museum specialist) and held off on a full rollout of in‑cab Samsara cameras pending first‑phase results. Finance staff flagged roughly $228,000 in recurring capacity from recent procurement savings.
Council spent the bulk of its work session refining the FY2026 proposed budget and weighing recurring vs. one‑time spending priorities.
Melissa Everett, director of finance (speaker 12), told council that negotiations on the recently awarded janitorial contract produced about $192,000 in recurring savings and combined with prior adjustments yielded approximately $228,000 of recurring programming capacity. Everett said the budget team offered council options for how to use those funds, including lowering internal allocations, funding targeted recurring ATBs or adding to contingency.
On employee compensation, council discussed a straw‑man increase that would put the city’s proposed raise in the 2.25%–2.3% range to remain competitive with regional benchmarks. Council…
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