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DeWitt City Council reviews 2026–27 priorities, directs administrator on budget
Summary
At a Jan. 20 goal-setting session the DeWitt City Council reviewed proposed 2026–27 projects — including a sanitary sewer extension, DPW building upgrades, cemetery columbarium, burying downtown utility lines, and a downtown farmers market and parking lot — and agreed to give Administrator Daniel Coss direction on five-year budget priorities.
The DeWitt City Council held a goal-setting session on Jan. 20, 2026, reviewing prospective infrastructure and public-safety priorities for 2026–27 and directing Administrator Daniel Coss to incorporate those priorities into a five-year budget plan.
Council members reviewed a PowerPoint presentation that outlined current and future projects. The presentation listed a sanitary sewer extension, upgrades to the Department of Public Works building, changes to the cemetery that include a proposed columbarium, burying utility lines in the downtown core, and development of a downtown farmers market together with a public parking lot.
Council discussion also covered public-safety funding, noting past department costs over the last decade and future funding needs across police, fire and ambulance services. The council recorded that it will give Administrator Coss direction on budget priorities as it prepares a five-year budget framework; the record does not specify funding sources or timelines.
Procedural business included a motion by Council member Hunsaker, seconded by Council member Landgraf, to approve the meeting agenda; the motion carried unanimously. Later, Council member VanDyke moved to adjourn, seconded by Hunsaker; the council adjourned at 9:08 p.m. by unanimous vote.
No public comments were recorded during the session. The meeting began at 6:04 p.m. and the roll call noted six members present (Mayor Susan J. Leeming; Council members Hunsaker, VanDyke, Donohue, Kellogg and Landgraf) with Council member Whitman excused.
