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Kearney adopts FY27 budget and central fee schedule to consolidate city charges
Summary
The Board adopted the Fiscal Year 2027 budget and an all-inclusive Fee Schedule that moves hard-coded fee amounts out of disparate ordinances and policies, increasing transparency and aligning fees with the FY27 budget.
The Kearney Board of Aldermen approved the city’s Fiscal Year 2027 annual budget and enacted a centralized Fee Schedule during its Feb. 17 meeting.
City Administrator Sheila Ernzen told the board the Fee Schedule consolidates fees that had previously been embedded across various ordinances, resolutions and motions into a single, easy-to-find document. The change does not create new fee-setting authority; all fees must still be approved by the Board of Aldermen.
Ernzen also presented the FY27 budget ordinance, which the board adopted after a first and second reading. The board recorded unanimous votes on both the Fee Schedule (Ordinance No. 1671-2026) and the FY27 budget (Ordinance No. 1672-2026).
As part of the same meeting the board approved an amendment to the K-353 Redevelopment Plan Policy that removes six hard-coded dollar references and instead points to the new Fee Schedule for fee amounts; Economic Development Director Carolyn Yatsook said the change is intended to be more user-friendly and transparent for citizens and builders.
Board members also approved routine administrative budget revisions (Resolution No. 10-2026) and a change to the employee vacation policy allowing full-time employees to accrue up to 160 hours annually (Resolution No. 11-2026).
