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Howell finance director outlines framework for Howell Annual Budget 2025
Summary
At a Jan. 10 work session, Finance Director Alyssa Miller presented GFOA guidelines, pension funding information and a utility-billing rate study as the council began shaping the Howell Annual Budget 2025; council discussed priorities but took no formal votes.
Finance Director Alyssa Miller presented the framework for the Howell Annual Budget 2025 at a Howell City Council work session on Jan. 10, 2025, in the council chambers, detailing financial guidance and studies intended to shape next year’s budget.
Miller told council members the presentation covered Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) guidelines and the city’s budget award program, current assessing information, the status of pension funding and results or next steps from a utility-billing (UB) rate study. The presentation was positioned as preparatory work to align revenue assumptions and long-term liabilities before formal budget adoption.
The presentation emphasized the relevance of GFOA best practices to budget transparency and award eligibility, noted pension funding as a material long-term liability to be monitored in FY2025 planning, and identified the UB rate study as an input for possible rate adjustments or service-fee changes. Miller’s remarks provided the financial context council members said they would use when ranking departmental requests and capital projects.
Council did not take formal votes on budget items during the work session; instead, members discussed priorities and asked for further detail on specific funding scenarios and timing. Next steps identified during the session included staff follow-up to provide additional financial detail and recommended prioritization for council consideration in upcoming budget hearings. The work session adjourned at 9:32 p.m.
The presentation and discussion provide the city’s preliminary financial direction for the Howell Annual Budget 2025; staff will return with follow-up materials and any formal proposals that may require public hearings or official council action.
