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Council approves small budget amendment but stalls fees resolution amid wider dispute over police pay and FY26–27 budget transparency
Summary
At a lengthy work session the Seat Pleasant council passed a budget amendment (O26‑13) but debated the proposed FY2026–27 budget's large 'other' revenue subtotal and a contentious, recently implemented police pay scale; council requested an itemized fiscal‑impact statement and clearer line‑item revenues before the second reading.
The Seat Pleasant City Council voted 5–2 to adopt Ordinance O26‑13, a budget amendment that adjusted several Environmental Justice line items and took effect immediately on adoption. City clerks read the ordinance at the meeting; a roll call vote recorded the result.
Council then heard the first reading of the FY2026–27 budget (O27‑13), which lists appropriations for general government, public safety and other funds and proposes tax rates for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026. Several council members pressed finance staff for a clearer breakdown of a roughly $699,802 “other” revenues subtotal and asked that those line items be itemized before the second reading. The…
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