The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday.
The first reading was held on the city budget ordinance for fiscal year 2025-2026.
“The budget contains total funds available of $157,969,480, and the total appropriations for expenditures equal to $126,940,521, with an estimated ending fund balance of $31,28,959,” said City Attorney Ken Howard, reading from the budget ordinance.
Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said the budget is a “great budget,” and made note of the expansion of sworn officers at the Elizabethtown Police Department from 55 the year he was elected to 92, which he said is partially because of the department supporting more school resource officers.
“We think it’s really made a difference and continues to make a difference, not only to make the kids safer, but to build a foundation and a friendship and trust level with our police department, and we’ve already seen that paying dividends, unless you all disagree, which I know that you don’t,” Gregory said.
In other meeting news, the council approved a bid from Compass Minerals for road salt. That contract is priced at $122 per ton.
Gregory had high praise for the city’s event staff following this past weekend’s E-Town Block Party.
“I could not believe when I looked out there from the stage how many people were behind the Justice Center and were downtown and enjoying the different establishments that we had and the food trucks,” Gregory said. “As far as I know, we had limited or zero problems down there.”
The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet June 9.
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