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Pacific Board adopts FY2026–27 budget ordinance after amendment; several line items adjusted
Summary
The Pacific Board of Aldermen adopted an amended FY2026–27 budget (ordinance 3494-4) June 22, approving multiple line-item changes including transport, parks fuel and mosquito fogging funding; a proposed 3% nonunion staff raise failed earlier in the meeting.
The Pacific Board of Aldermen voted 6–0 on June 22 to adopt an amended fiscal year 2026–27 budget ordinance, finalizing changes to several departmental line items and carrying the ordinance as 3494-4.
The ordinance, read aloud by the city clerk, was amended over the course of the special meeting to address transportation striping and ceiling funding, parks fuel, mosquito fogging, stormwater study funding and several engineering line items. The board approved moving certain ceiling funds into the transportation line to set transportation at $20,000 and restored mosquito fogging funding at $2,500. The parks fuel and oil line was reduced from $10,000 to $7,000.
The budget discussion also included debates over studies and engineering projects. Alderman Gass moved to remove a proposed $100,000 stormwater study, arguing the city already had prior work and limited capacity to fund multimillion-dollar mitigation projects; that motion passed. The board removed $111,000 set aside for Hogan Subdivision Phase 2 engineering after members confirmed earlier design work could be retrieved from the consulting firm if the project resumes.
Aldermen pressed staff to justify several engineering items related to lagoon work and sewer infrastructure, and asked that engineers and consultants be scheduled to explain scope and costs at an operations meeting. For the lagoon work tied to Missouri Department of Natural Resources compliance, members asked staff to pause active work and bring the engineer to an operations meeting for full explanation before additional commitments.
Finance updates during the meeting noted the capital improvement sales tax has earmarked obligations and debt service through 2038 that limit options for reallocating capital dollars to roads or other projects. Officials cited a roughly $1.8 million projected cash balance in the sewer fund and warned that preserving those funds is necessary to cover anticipated interceptor-line work and bond payments.
The board’s formal adoption followed roll-call voting and concluded the special-session budget work. The ordinance was read and approved as ordinance 3494-4.
“An ordinance approving and adopting a budget of the anticipated cash revenue and cash disbursements for the operating and capital funds of the city of Pacific…for the fiscal year commencing 07/01/2026 and ending 06/30/2027,” the clerk read during the meeting.
The most immediate next steps are for staff to follow up on action items: schedule operations meetings with engineers for the lagoon and sewer items, provide detailed cost breakdowns for items the board removed or reduced, and present finalized actuals and recommendations to the board before any planned expenditures beyond the necessary items authorized in the adopted budget.
