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City officials heard a department plan that combines recent hiring, possible contractor bids and major equipment requests, but the budget meeting recorded no funding or purchasing decision.
The unanimous Oct. 30 vote replaced a tentative 7.16-mill rate that city notices said would have raised property taxes 8.60%.
The Oct. 14 vote formally backed a countywide 2025–2030 planning document, but it did not commit the city to a specific project, budget or timetable.
Staff told commissioners the facility’s existing fund balance could cover the proposed replacement, but the April work-session record does not show a vote or purchase.
Commissioners discussed using a facility fund balance for replacement equipment at an April work session, but the record does not show a vote, approval or purchase.
The unanimous Nov. 10 vote established separate city millage rates for Royston properties in Madison, Hart and Franklin counties, while the timing and household-level effect remain unrecorded.
A unanimous Sept. 29 vote puts a communications position in the city’s FY26 budget, without publicly detailing its pay, scope or hiring schedule.
The City Council’s unanimous FY26 budget action authorized the post, yet meeting minutes give residents no salary estimate or timetable for advertising it.
The unanimous Sept. 29 vote took the proposed position out of the millage-rate alternatives, but the special-meeting minutes do not settle whether the city pursued it elsewhere in the FY26 budget.
Council placed additional budget cuts on its July 2025 agenda, but cited meeting minutes do not show whether reductions were approved, carried out or tied to any city service.
The unanimous council vote raises the multiplier used to calculate employee pensions effective Jan. 1, 2027, while implementation paperwork has yet to be documented publicly.
A commission committee is examining an upgrade or replacement of the aging treatment facility, while the city has yet to establish a budget, location or construction timetable.
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