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Douglasville City Council unanimously adopts 2026-27 budget
Summary
The Douglasville City Council unanimously adopted its fiscal year 2026-27 consolidated operating, capital, enterprise and special revenue fund budget (item 26-144) after assistant city manager Karen Callan reviewed the budget schedule and staff thanked for a conservative approach. The council voted with no recorded opposition and adjourned the special meeting.
The Douglasville City Council unanimously adopted the city's fiscal year 2026-27 consolidated operating, capital, enterprise and special revenue fund budget, passing item 26-144 at a special meeting called to finalize the spending plan.
Karen Callan, assistant city manager and chief financial officer, summarized the budget's development timeline and recent public engagement. "On February 10th and 11th of this year, we met for the strategic planning session, which guides our budget," Callan said, noting department director meetings concluded in March 2026, the council held an all-day workshop on April 16, and the city held a public hearing on May 4.
After Callan's presentation and brief comments thanking finance and department staff for what a council member described as a "conservative approach," a motion was made to adopt item 26-144. The motion received a second (recorded in the minutes as Mr. Davis). The presiding official put the question to the council and the budget was adopted by unanimous voice vote. The council offered brief thanks to staff and adjourned the special meeting.
The ordinance adopted approves the consolidated operating, capital, enterprise and special revenue fund budgets for fiscal year 2026-2027. The meeting record does not identify the member who moved the motion by name; Mr. Davis is recorded as the seconder. The vote was announced in open session as unanimous; no roll-call tally with specific member votes is recorded in the transcript provided.
Earlier in the meeting, council members made informal remarks about parks and accessibility standards, including a comment that some natural areas (cited by one council member as Garden of the Gods in Boulder, Colorado) may not feasibly be made fully accessible and that state law allowances for cities could be reviewed. That discussion was informal and no formal action on parks or related policy was taken at the special budget meeting.
The council took no additional actions during the session and adjourned after adopting the budget.
