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  • SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL

    Feb 24, 2026

    ·Dearborn, MI
    Minutes

    The Dearborn City Council held a special meeting on February 24, 2026, with all seven members present, to address three main items: confirming the appointment of James Carter Fisher as Corporation Counsel (which was approved unanimously), considering ACCESS's request for a one-year extension on a recovery center construction project, and reviewing the assessing contract. The resolution for Corporation Counsel confirmed the Mayor's appointment and established that the position would receive full-time employee benefits including pension, health care, and life insurance, with salary adjustments tied to citywide employee increases.

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  • TOWNSHIP OF BETHLEHEM 2025 BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AS OF OCTOBER 18, 2024

    Oct 18, 2024

    ·Bethlehem, PA
    Budget

    The Township of Bethlehem 2025 budget assumptions document, dated October 18, 2024, outlines wage increases, staffing changes, and revenue assumptions for the upcoming fiscal year. Wage and fringe benefit increases include 3.0% for AFSCME and Teamsters employees (CBAs expiring 12/31/26), 3.5% for police and non-bargaining staff, 5.9% for library staff, 17.7% for medical insurance, and 55.57% for pension mandatory minimum obligations. The township is hiring two police officers and two truck drivers in 2025. The budget proposes no increases to the millage rate, sewer billing rate, or stormwater fees, with stormwater in year 4 of a 4-year model with a proposed rate lock. Current debt service from Series 2021 bonds matures in Spring 2027, with no new debt service proposed for 2025. Budget hearings are scheduled for October 24, October 29, and November 7, with first public reading on November 18 and final adoption on December 16.

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  • TUCSON, ARIZONA Supp. No. 114 – Instruction Sheet

    Tucson, AZ
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    This instruction sheet provides guidance for updating the Tucson, Arizona Code through Supplement No. 114, current as of March 21, 2017. Users must remove obsolete pages and replace them with revised pages across multiple chapters, including Civil Service, Crimes and Offenses, Neighborhood Preservation, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, and Pensions and Insurance. The document includes a checklist of page numbers to be removed and added to maintain an up-to-date loose-leaf copy of the Code.

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  • Finance Detail 2024

    Allentown, PA
    Budget

    The City of Allentown's 2024 Finance Department budget details spending across two divisions: Revenue & Audit and Finance & Budget Administration. The Revenue & Audit division has a 2024 final budget of $1,687,880, with major allocations including $761,300 for permanent wages, $372,246 for employee group insurance, $146,930 for PMRS pension contributions, and $275,000 for overpaid property tax refunds. The Finance & Budget Administration division's 2024 budget begins at $525,143 for permanent wages and introduces $17,500 in temporary wages, representing a $85,797 increase in permanent wages from the 2023 budget of $439,346. Notable 2024 changes include increased printing costs from $600 to $1,200 for managed print services and a $75,000 reduction in refund allocations compared to 2023.

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  • SPUR REPORT MAY 2025 Balancing Oakland’s Budget Sound Fiscal Policy Structural

    Oakland, CA
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    This SPUR report from May 2025 analyzes Oakland's structural budget deficit and proposes nine recommendations to achieve fiscal solvency and economic growth. The report identifies a decades-long imbalance where revenue growth has not kept pace with rising pension, healthcare, insurance, and operational costs, exacerbated by post-pandemic challenges including labor shortages, decreased tax revenues from real estate, tourism, and retail sales, and a 78% disapproval rating of city government according to an Oakland Budget Advisory Commission survey. The analysis notes that Oakland's fiscal crisis mirrors broader challenges in comparable California cities including San Francisco and San José, and occurred against a backdrop of governance disruption following the former mayor's recall in November 2024 and subsequent federal indictment.

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  • CITY OF JERSEY CITY

    Jersey City, NJ
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    Mayor Steven M. Fulop introduced Jersey City's FY 2026 budget on April 18, 2025, proposing zero municipal tax rate increase for residents while maintaining full city services—marking the ninth of eleven budgets under his administration with tax increases of 2% or less. The budget includes $66 million in debt service paydown, $6 million for union contract settlements, new police and firefighter hires, full pension fund funding with cost-of-living adjustments, and investments in affordable housing and infrastructure, while managing challenges including rising insurance premiums and reduced federal and state grant funding. The municipal portion of average property tax bills has decreased to 35% from 48% over two years, with $1.6 billion in new ratables added to the tax rolls through economic development efforts.

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  • Lebanon Township Committee

    Lebanon, PA
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    On August 16, 2023, the Lebanon Township Committee held a regular meeting with Mayor Beverly Koehler presiding and four of five committee members present. The committee approved minutes from the previous August 2 meeting and heard public comments regarding Squire's Point insurance, a raffle application, and pensions. Two ordinances were addressed: Ordinance No. 2023-06 regarding appointments and term of office was adjourned to September 6, 2023, and Ordinance No. 2023-07 to amend the 2023 salary ordinance was introduced with a public hearing scheduled for September 6, 2023.

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