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Shenandoah council workshop trims budgets, weighs utility‑fee ordinance and funds design for City Hall HVAC
Summary
During an extended budget workshop councillors reviewed departmental adjustments that reduce administrative and finance line items, directed staff to draft an ordinance to recover utility credit‑card fees, approved a small Veterans Point change order, and agreed to fund a $100,000 HVAC design for City Hall rather than a short‑term $130,000 coil replacement.
Shenandoah council members spent the bulk of their Aug. 14 meeting in a budget workshop that updated revenues, pared duplicative line items and set priorities for capital improvements.
Staff (speaker 9) presented updated certified property values and revised revenue estimates that modestly increased projected sales-tax receipts. On the expenditure side, staff removed duplication in administrative printing/postage, reworked unemployment assumptions, and recommended modest savings in recurring line items. Staff reported a projected general‑fund surplus of approximately $56,477 following the agreed adjustments.
Council reviewed several departmental budgets and…
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