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Crawford council reviews FYE 2025–26 budget, flags rising contract costs
Summary
At a July 23 budget workshop, the Crawford City Council reviewed the FYE 2025–26 proposed budgets for the Library, Fire, Garbage, Police and Public Transportation, noting a $216,200 law enforcement contract, a $116,748.43 fire contract with a 3% annual increase, garbage rate pressures, and a 30% cut to state transit funding.
Crawford’s City Council met at the Crawford Library on July 23, 2025, to review proposed budgets for the fiscal year ending 2025–26, focusing on contract increases and funding shortfalls that will affect the city’s required matches.
Mayor April Grant called the workshop to order at 6:00 p.m., announced that "a copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted on the wall and available in pamphlet form if requested," led a moment of silence and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then opened discussion on the municipal budgets.
Council members agreed to work from a priority budget that excludes nonessential ‘‘wish list’’ items as they examined line-item numbers for the Library, Fire, Garbage, Police and Public Transportation funds. Library representatives presented their wish list, but the council emphasized focusing on core needs and the priority budget.
On public safety spending, the council reviewed the law enforcement contract set at $216,200.00 for the coming year, which the minutes record will be paid at $18,016.67 per month. Separately, the fire department contract for the next fiscal year was discussed: the contract total is $116,748.43 with monthly payments of $9,729.03; the contract includes a 3% annual increase and the provision of one belly-truck load of rock each year.
Solid-waste costs were flagged for increases tied to higher state rates. Council members discussed renting two construction-debris roll-off containers for an estimated combined cost of $700.00 during the year to handle intermittent construction waste.
The council also reviewed the Public Transportation budget and noted that the program’s state funding has been cut by 30 percent, a reduction that affects the city’s matching obligation; transportation staff are exploring alternative revenue sources to make up the shortfall.
The workshop adjourned at approximately 7:30 p.m. The session was conducted as an informational budget workshop; there were no motions or formal votes recorded in the minutes.
(Reporting based on city council workshop minutes.)
