2025 5 20 Regular Session Packet 1

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Budget Work Session 
FY 2025-26 
 
Hotel/Motel Fund 
Councilmember Sherlin Feedback 
• Add benches along walkways specifically Cook Drive and Veterans Park walking track 
Mayor Eaton Feedback 
• Budget Adjustment: 
o 01-0107-5250 may require an increase due to additional lighting at Exit 52 and 
Hammermill Road to Ingleside Avenue 
• Market Park Improvements: Recommends using bollards instead of curbs to enhance access to the green 
space and pavilion. 
 
 
Capital Improvement Fund  
Councilmember Sherlin Feedback 
• Continue pursuing grant funding for Fire Station #3. 
 
City Manager Feedback 
• Proposed transfer of resources: 
o $9.4 million from Capital Projects Fund reserves 
o 5% from General Fund 
• This approach aims to fund several initiatives while preserving a 75% reserve threshold. 
 
 
Sanitation Fund 
Councilmember Sherlin Feedback 
• Opposes treating this fund as a business enterprise. 
 
City Manager Feedback 
• A transfer from fund reserves will be required to support operational needs. 
 
 
 
Fee Schedule  
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