Newark council adopts 2024–25 budget in unanimous vote
Summary
The Newark City Council unanimously approved Ordinance A-556 on Sept. 9, 2024, adopting the city’s 2024–2025 fiscal-year budget after a public hearing that drew no comments. Councilmember Jennifer Hill moved the ordinance; Councilmember Melanie Payne seconded and the roll call vote listed five councilmembers in favor.
The Newark City Council on Sept. 9 unanimously approved Ordinance No. A-556 to adopt the city’s budget for the 2024–2025 fiscal year. Councilmember Jennifer Hill moved to approve the ordinance and Councilmember Melanie Payne seconded; the motion passed on a roll-call vote with the five listed councilmembers voting for the measure.
Mayor Crystal Cardwell opened a public hearing on the budget at 7:05 p.m. and closed it at 7:05 p.m. after there were no public comments. The minutes record the council’s formal action immediately afterward: "Councilmember Hill made a motion approving Ordinance No. A-556 of the City of Newark, approving making appropriations for the support of the City; appropriating money to a sinking fund to pay interest and principal on the City's indebtedness; approving and adopting the annual Budget of the City of Newark, Texas for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year; providing for the filing of the budget in the Office of the City Secretary; and providing an effective date." That motion text is attributed in the minutes to Councilmember Jennifer Hill.
The minutes list the roll-call votes as follows: Place 1 — Jennifer Hill, For; Place 2 — Nathanial Butler, For; Place 3 — Richard Sidebottom, For; Place 4 — Melanie Payne, For; Place 5 — Mayor Pro Tem Christopher Raines, For. The minutes record the meeting as opened at 7:03 p.m. and adjourned at 7:08 p.m.
The record does not specify the total dollar amount of the adopted budget or the ordinance’s effective date; those details are recorded as "not specified" in the published minutes. City Secretary Jenni Moore is listed in attendance and as the custodian of the filed budget. The minutes contain typographical inconsistencies in the approval signature block (an approval date and a misspelled secretary name) that appear to be clerical errors in the copy of the minutes provided.
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