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Council training line added to FY26 budget to support planning education

Rowlett City Council · August 4, 2025
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Summary

Staff added $1,500 per council member to the proposed FY26 budget to support planning- and zoning-related training (e.g., APA courses) for council and the planning and zoning commission; council indicated no objection during the work session.

City Manager Smith Wade said the proposed FY26 budget includes $1,500 per council member to support planning and zoning training.

"We have added $1,500 for APA or quite frankly any other planning related, technically, any other planning or any other training that you wish," Smith Wade said, explaining the line mirrors training allocated to the planning and zoning commission. Council members indicated they wanted supplemental land-use planning training and registered no objection to including the funds in the proposed budget.

The addition is informational at this stage; council did not take final budget action at the Aug. 4 work session. Staff will carry the item forward in the formal budget presentation and adoption process.

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