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City manager presents $1.7 billion FY2027 proposed budget, flags state-law risks to local finances
Summary
City Manager Chris and Budget Director Jonathan Hobbs presented the City of Chesapeake's FY2027 proposed operating and capital budgets, combining city and school spending at just over $1.7 billion, highlighting public-safety investments, an expanded CIP funded in part by bond proposals, and potential future costs from pending state legislation.
City Manager Chris and Budget Director Jonathan Hobbs laid out the City of Chesapeake's proposed FY2027 spending plan during a March 24 work session, describing a combined City-and-Schools net operating budget "just over $1,700,000,000" and a city-side increase of about 4.1% driven largely by compensation and benefit costs.
Jonathan Hobbs, the city's budget director, told council the combined total is split roughly 47% to schools and 52% to the city, and that payroll and benefit costs account for the single largest share of expenditures. "Payroll and benefit costs are over 60.7%" of the combined budget, he said, and noted the City is budgeting additional funds for police vehicle replacement and step and market adjustments for sworn public safety.
Manager Chris framed the…
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