Baldwin residents question whether proposed budget rests on balanced, audited figures

Baldwin residents raised questions about the city’s proposed budget at a June 9, 2025 City Council hearing, with Joe Elam, who identified his address as 200 Sappling Place, telling council members that he believed the plan was not balanced and was not based on audited fiscal-year 2024 figures. Elam urged the council to vote against the proposal, placing the city’s financial assumptions in public dispute.