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La Crosse council approves year-end budget carryovers after heated scrutiny of police and fire allocations
Summary
On April 9 the council approved a statutory year-end carryover and budget adjustment resolution after an amendment; debate focused on repeated carryovers, transparency around police and fire budgets, and the library's large under-spend.
The La Crosse Common Council adopted a resolution to carry over unmet 2025 operating expenditures into the 2026 budget after a contentious discussion about budgeting practices and departmental funding. After approving an amendment (12–1), the amended resolution passed 11–2.
Finance Director Hawkins described the action as a statutory balancing step required before the city’s audit, saying the carryover reallocates surplus budgets to cover departments that exceeded their 2025…
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