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Lodi staff to circulate budget-workshop details as council discusses service-level priorities
Summary
City staff and committee members reviewed next year's budget planning, discussing leaf and brush pickup, upcoming retirements, police staffing, hiring for utility billing and potential communications support for a referendum; staffer Jennifer Sweeney said she will send information about budget workshops.
City of Lodi officials used the Committee of the Whole meeting to review operational priorities and early preparations for next year's budget.
Committee members and staff discussed maintenance and service items including leaf and brush pickup, the impact of several upcoming retirements on staffing levels, maintaining police department staffing and recruiting for a utility billing position. The committee also discussed whether to secure communications help in advance of a potential referendum and how those costs might be handled.
Jennifer Sweeney, a city staffer, told the committee she will circulate information about upcoming budget workshops to members, indicating staff will provide details to support prioritization and budgeting decisions later in the year. The discussion was planning-focused; no binding budget approvals or formal directions were recorded in the transcript.
