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Richland council holds FYE26 budget workshop; approves meeting agenda
Summary
The Richland City Council met in a special session Jan. 13, 2025, approved the meeting agenda (4 ayes), and held a workshop to discuss moving forward with the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget; no formal budget action was taken.
The Richland City Council on Jan. 13, 2025, held a brief special session in which it approved the meeting agenda and conducted a workshop on the proposed budget for the fiscal year ending 2026, but took no formal action on the budget.
Mayor John Capps called the meeting to order at 6:45 p.m. Council Member Michael Hadley moved to approve the agenda and Council Member David Balster seconded; the minutes record "4 ayes, motion carried." Council Member Joe Adrian was listed as absent. City Clerk Sarah Claeys and Public Works Supervisor Garrett Webb were noted as present.
The council then held a budget workshop focused on the proposed FYE26 budget. According to the minutes, members "discussed moving forward with the proposed budget," but the record states explicitly that no action was taken at the special session. The minutes do not include a roll-call of individual votes on the agenda approval beyond the consolidated "4 ayes" tally, nor do they detail specific budget line items or staff directives resulting from the discussion.
The meeting was adjourned by Mayor Capps at 6:54 p.m., and the minutes were attested by City Clerk Sarah Claeys. The minutes do not set a date for further budget consideration in this document.
Attendance and procedural notes in the minutes: Mayor John Capps; Council Members Michael Hadley, David Balster, Brei Beam and Steve Pfeifer (present); Council Member Joe Adrian (absent); City Clerk Sarah Claeys; Public Works Supervisor Garrett Webb.
