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Diamondhead staff presents balanced FY27 budget; council to finalize Aug. 18
Summary
City staff presented a roughly balanced FY27 budget showing $5,929,000 in projected revenue and $5,925,000 in expenses, with targeted cuts to paving and grant-match spending to avoid a tax increase. Council agreed to consider the final adoption at its Aug. 18 meeting.
John, the staff presenter, opened the recess meeting by outlining the FY27 proposed budget and said, "right now, we're looking at 5,929,000 in revenue and 5,925,000 in expenses." He told council the current proposal leaves a modest $3,000–$4,000 surplus and that staff had made several conservative revenue adjustments to avoid over‑optimistic forecasts.
The proposal removes a previously budgeted $800,000 grant match for large Gulf Coast Restoration Fund requests and leaves $120,000 for smaller grant matches. John said the city increased some user fees (including full-year airport rental income) and trimmed selected expense lines to hold the budget roughly even without proposing a tax increase. When asked about next steps, the chair said the council "will, accept the budget" for further processing and set final consideration for the Aug. 18 meeting.
