Stilwell council, improvement authority adopt FY 2025–26 budgets

The Stilwell Improvement Authority and the City of Stilwell approved their proposed fiscal year 2025–2026 budgets during a combined public hearing and City Council meeting on June 2, 2025. Mayor Jean Ann Wright presided as council members voted to adopt the budgets and to approve associated resolutions.

The action covered both the SIA and the city; recorded votes on the SIA motions showed Coye Nettles, Debbie Johnson, Jim Spray and Mayor Jean Ann Wright voting yes. The council’s consent agenda included formal adoption of the City of Stilwell budget and Resolution City 2025-2026.

Council also approved a series of budget adjustments and routine financial items: blanket purchase orders totaling $70,806, May payroll of $380,011.96, and a budget increase of $28,901.99 to the Police Department account (#10-09-660400) reflecting School Resource Officer reimbursement. The council approved line-item transfers for FY 2024–25 totaling $117,500 across administration, clerk, fire, community building and sports facilities, and authorized the annual property insurance payment of $46,582 to OMAG.

The consent agenda initially excluded three items (9, 13 and 14) for separate consideration; item 9 (event funding and fee waivers for the Chamber of Commerce) was later amended and approved, and items 13 and 14 (the FOP memorandum and collective bargaining agreement) were approved later in the meeting. Several routine administrative actions were also completed, including approval of surplus property lists and changes to bank signatories.

The council adjourned following completion of the agenda. The adopted budgets and recorded consent actions set the city’s spending priorities for the coming fiscal year and implement the payroll and contract decisions reflected in the approved accounts.