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County department heads pitched their funding needs to commissioners over a two-day retreat, an early step in setting next year's county budget.
The city's hotel-motel tax fund would send $12,000 more to the Chamber of Commerce next year, funded by lodging-tax collections rather than property taxes.
The approved budget increases General Fund spending by about $392,000 over the prior year, funding city services including continued support for the Humane Shelter.
A 3% pay increase for every city worker has appeared in the city's budget documents for three straight fiscal years, affecting city finances each year it's included.
The city's proposed budget would add a water plant operator and a public information officer while eliminating one Police Department major position.
The city commission has now signed off twice on changes needed to keep the 2025 budget balanced, most recently for the general fund.
The calendar sets the timeline the district will follow to build and adopt its next annual budget.
The cut follows a Water and Wastewater Fund budget that had grown by $3.5 million, spending covered by water and sewer customers.
The city's Main Street Department, which handles downtown events, advertising and Christmas lighting, gets a funding boost in the new budget after being cut the year before.
The city's draft spending plan includes lift station and digester upgrades for the water system and hotel-motel tax funding for local improvements, including the Summer Concert Series.
The council's action updates how the city's already-adopted FY2025 budget is allocated.
The Franklin County Board of Education has put forward a $55.2 million General Fund budget for fiscal year 2027, which would set spending levels for the school district.
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