The Henderson City Council took just a few minutes Monday to formally adopt the FY 2025-26 budget during a special called meeting that took place at 12 noon in Council chambers.
City Manager/City Attorney Hassan T. Kingsberry introduced the budget and Council Member Tami Walker made a motion – seconded by Council Member Garry Daeke – to approve.
Council Members Geraldine Champion, Sam Seifert, Michael Venable, Daeke and Walker voted yes.
Council Members Sara Coffey, Lamont Noel and Ola Thorpe-Cooper were not present for the meeting.
The budget adoption had been on the agenda at the June 9 regular monthly meeting, but there was some confusion about whether the council actually took a vote to formally adopt the $54 million budget.
Mayor Melissa Elliott remarked at the special called meeting that she didn’t request an addendum to the budget when she called for the vote at last week’s meeting.
That confusion was cleared up by the vote taken during the special called meeting.
The budget must be approved before July 1, when the new fiscal year begins.
