City Budget Adoption for Fiscal Year 2027
At a glance
- What: Bill 2026-037 adopts the city budget and personnel classification plan for November 1, 2026 to October 31, 2027 and appropriates the money.
- Where it stands: Adopted October 5, 2026 as a substitute bill, Ordinance 16636, by a 10-0 roll-call vote.
- Next: Done; the budget year begins November 1, 2026.
Path through Council
- September 8: introduced.
- September 21: Leuckel, the Budget Chair, placed it on the informal calendar until the budget passed out of the Budget Committee. The Budget Committee met August 19, August 24, August 27, September 10 and September 24 (minutes approved on consent agendas).
- October 5: Leuckel asked that it be taken off the informal calendar for a vote (no objection), then moved adoption of the substitute bill; Ahlers seconded. Passed 10-0 as Ordinance 16636. The minutes give no totals.
Sources
- Council minutes, October 5, 2026: https://portal.laserfiche.com/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=865973&repo=r-49e9e584
- Council minutes, September 21, 2026: https://portal.laserfiche.com/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=863861&repo=r-49e9e584
- Council minutes, September 8, 2026: https://portal.laserfiche.com/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=862207&repo=r-49e9e584
Log
2026-10-05 - City Council
Taken off the informal calendar and adopted 10-0 (Ordinance 16636).
2026-09-21 - City Council
Placed on the informal calendar by the Budget Chair.
2026-09-08 - City Council
Bill 2026-037 introduced.
- 2026-09-08 - City Council - First reading; general fund proposal $45,442,425 (from auto-captions).
2026-09-24 - Budget Committee
Committee approved three staff budget amendments and moved the budget on to the full council, on voice votes with no opposition.