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Highland Village council narrows FY2026–27 budget, asks staff to model five-year outlook
Summary
At a July 21 work session, council directed staff to produce a five‑year forecast for the FY2026–27 general fund after reviewing decision items and supplementals, and gave tentative guidance on freezing three positions while keeping a 2% cost‑of‑living adjustment in the plan.
Council members spent more than two hours Thursday reviewing changes to the proposed FY2026–27 general fund budget and gave staff direction to return with a formal five‑year forecast. Heather, the staff budget presenter, said the package now includes one supplemental traffic‑signal study and a $25,000 net increase from last week's draft after moving police motorcycle gear into a special revenue source. "Mayor and council, welcome to get back to the general fund budget discussion," Heather said at the outset of the presentation.
The discussion focused on tradeoffs between service programs, capital maintenance and employee compensation. Staff showed the base budget excluding decision items and explained the city’s revenue assumptions and the proposed tax rate (0.53370). Council members urged staff to model scenarios showing the effects of keeping or suspending items such as the hiring freeze, 4(a) contributions for directors, and the 2% COLA. The meeting concluded with consensus guidance that Heather should prepare the five‑year forecast reflecting the adjustments discussed and the specific budget decisions captured in the work session.
