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Council discusses FY26 draft budget, salt shed funding and higher police overtime
Summary
Council members discussed VMERS increases, raised police overtime from $30,000 to $40,000, and a funding plan for the salt shed using Infrastructure Investment Fund balances and an internal loan from the Water Tower Continuation Fund.
Council members and staff spent time on the FY26 draft budget, highlighting higher VMERS contributions and an increase in the police overtime line from $30,000 to $40,000.
Public Works staff updated the council on the salt shed project with a goal to complete before winter and discussed funding options: allocating $245,212 from the Infrastructure Investment Fund to cover FY26 paving ($125,000), sidewalks ($30,000) and the first-year payment for a Public Works pickup ($12,000), with the remaining balance to be handled via an internal loan repaid to the Water Tower Continuation Fund (a proposal attributed to a former city manager, Mel Hawley).
