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Bel-Nor holds first reading of FY2026 budget amendment to cover tree-service invoices
Summary
City staff said work already authorized for tree trimming and removals exceeded the FY2026 appropriation; invoices totaled about $22,900 versus a $20,000 appropriation. The ordinance received a first reading and will return for a second reading and vote at the next meeting.
The Bel-Nor Board of Aldermen conducted a first reading April 8 of an ordinance to amend the FY2026 budget to increase appropriations for tree trimming and removal services.
City Administrator Rachel St. Pierre told the board the city had budgeted $20,000 for tree trimming and removal but completed work and invoices totaled approximately $22,900. The amendment is intended to align the adopted budget with previously approved work and outstanding invoices; staff said the work had been authorized and completed earlier in the year and that emergency tree-work funding remains separate from the proposed amendment.
The ordinance was given its first reading at the meeting; no vote was taken. The board will consider the second reading and a formal vote at a future meeting. The meeting record did not specify the ordinance number for this budget amendment, the exact dollar amount to be added to the budget beyond the described invoices, or the anticipated funding source for the increase.
