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APPRO-2025-50 : Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget in the amount of $107,575,802.

Passed · OUGHT TO PASS [9 TO 1] Yes: Maya Jamaleddine, Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, Devin Romanul, Robb Stewart, Kimberly Vandiver, Ryan Williams, Leila Migliorelli, Mark Garipay. No: Ward Hamilton. Absent: John Obremski.

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(ID # 12678) Operating Budgets (City, School, Regional School) Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget in the amount of $107,575,802. Ought to Pass City Council

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▶ 2:35:21 Mark Garipay: We're on to appropriation request for FY 2026. Budget. Uh, ID 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 fiscal year 2026. Operating budget in the amount of $107,575,802.

▶ 2:35:42 Speaker 1: This is our final vote.

▶ 2:35:47 Speaker 4: Motion. Motion Recommend. Second,

▶ 2:35:50 Mark Garipay: Have a motion to recommend id. 1 2, 6, 7 8 fiscal year 2026. Operating budget in the amount of $107,575,802 made by President Elli. Seconded by, um, uh, vice Chair Jamal Dean on discussion. Vice Chi. Jamal,

▶ 2:36:08 Maya Jamaleddine: Thank you. Um, I wanted to thank you for leading this year's. Uh, um, it was

▶ 2:36:15 Speaker 1: A fa it was so much fun.

▶ 2:36:19 Maya Jamaleddine: I know. We, uh, I'm so, um, grateful. It, you know, it's definitely by far not the budget that we, I can speak for my colleagues and please allow me to do so. It's not the budget that we are hoping, uh, to approve. Um, and it's not the services and resources that we are hoping to be able to provide, uh, for our residents and cons, constituents. Um, we, I do, um, acknowledge that, um, every department is running on very stretched and, and thin budget. And some, uh, and many are under budgeted. Um, I do hope that next year will be, uh, different and will be able to provide to the, uh, public, uh, and more efficient and, uh, well budgeted department and, um, balanced. Um, thank you.

▶ 2:37:21 Mark Garipay: Thank you. Vice Chair Jamal Ledine. Anyone else on discussion?

▶ 2:37:28 Mark Garipay: Madam Clerk, can you please call the role?

▶ 2:37:30 Speaker 5: Yes. Vice Chair Jamal Ledine? Yes. Counselor Occhio? Yes. Counselor Hamilton? No. Counselor. Caram Chetty? Yes. Counselor Romanul? Yes. Counselor Stewart? Yes. Counselor Vandiver? Yes. Counselor Williams? Yes. President Elli? Yes. Chair Garipay.