Councilwoman Karma Sanders leads Byron budget review ahead of regular meeting

Byron Town Council met for a work session on May 13, 2025, at Byron Town Hall to review the draft annual budget line-by-line. Mayor Allan Clark called the meeting to order and Councilwoman Karma Sanders presented an additional spreadsheet that she used to guide the council through revenue and expenditure items.

The spreadsheet walkthrough covered major revenue streams and expenditure categories, including General Fund charges and miscellaneous revenues, licenses and permits, property-tax projections, state revenues, general-administration spending, the police department, streets and shop operations, recreation and parks, community events, transfers, and the town's general reserves. The sewer department and its revenue and expenditures were reviewed as part of the session, and the cemetery line item was discussed. A mosquito-control contribution was noted briefly during the review.

According to the minutes, the review was a discussion and no formal motions or votes were recorded during the work meeting. One member of the public was present; Assistant Clerk/Treasurers Lexi Sanders and Tomy Pluhar and Clerk/Treasurer Kristin Sanders were listed as present in the minutes. Mayor Allan Clark adjourned the work meeting so the regularly scheduled council meeting could begin.

The review was described in the minutes as a line-by-line consideration of the draft budget using the spreadsheet provided by Councilwoman Sanders; the minutes do not record specific changes, formal directions to staff, vote tallies, or adoption of budget amounts during this session. Any formal amendments or votes would need to be reflected in later minutes or at subsequent meetings where official action is taken.