Nixa finance director presents structurally balanced $2026 operating and capital budget with $50M+ in projects Finance Director Jennifer Evans told the council the proposed 2026 budget is structurally balanced, budgets about $73.6M in revenues and $96.5M in expenses (excluding transfers), anticipates bond issues for water and wastewater projects, allocates $19.4M for personnel, and estimates $25.5M in unrestricted cash after accounting for restrictions.

Nixa's Finance Director unveils a bold 2026 budget plan, featuring over $50 million in key projects and ambitious revenue forecasts!

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Council hears plan to move staff pay toward market median, police step program and several staffing requests The draft budget includes a 50th‑percentile pay adjustment, a 2.7% COLA, a proposed police step program and multiple department headcount requests; staff cautioned the city cannot afford seven new officers in a single year.

The draft 2026 budget aims to tackle salary inequities by boosting pay scales and introducing a new police step program, but can the city afford to hire more officers this year?

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