City Council Approves Mayor Fuller’s FY2026 Budget, Including NPS Funds – Fig City News

City Council approves Mayor Fuller’s FY2026 budget, including NPS funds – Fig City News

On May 19, the Newton City Council voted unanimously to approve Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s proposed $623 million FY2026 budget. (Ward 6 Councilor Alan Lobovits and Ward 3 Councilor Pamela Wright were absent.) The Council took several different votes regarding the appropriation of various funds for FY2026 before the final vote on the Mayor’s proposed budget was taken. Before the Council voted on the Mayor’s allocation of funding for the Newton Publi…

With NPS hurdle cleared, City Council passes FY2026 budget - Newton Beacon

Now that the NPS budget for FY2026 has been resolved, the City Council’s budget approval picked up speed on Monday night. The Council passed, piece by piece, the mayor’s FY2026 budget on Monday night but only after the process was bogged down by uncertainty over the schools. On Thursday, in a symbolic gesture, around half of the city’s 24 city councilors abstained from voting on most parts of the budget, because there were resolutions ready to b…