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Council approves FY25‑26 budget amendments after stronger hotel/venue tax receipts

Council approved a first and only reading to amend FY25‑26 budget accounts after staff reported stronger‑than‑expected hotel/motel and venue tax revenues; Darla said the general fund will see a net positive adjustment of about $2,000,053.

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Council moves forward with Fire Station 82 financing; Samut Construction recommended at $7.2 million

Council took first reading on ordinance authorizing installment purchase revenue bonds for Fire Station 82 and heard that staff recommended Samut Construction for a $7.2 million contract within an $8 million all-in budget; roughly $2 million in land-sale proceeds will help fund the project.

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Board grants extension for redevelopment work at former Sears/Nash Casino site

The board approved an amendment to an earlier conditional‑use permit for the former Sears/Nash Casino parcel at 310 Daniel Webster Highway, extending the deadline to no later than Aug. 15, 2027, after the applicant reported a recent agreement with a key property owner.

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Union representatives urge Trenton to secure local jobs, ask council to require local‑hire commitments for data centers

Union leaders told Trenton council that large data‑center projects can deliver long stretches of construction work for local trades and urged project‑labor agreements and contractual local‑hire commitments; staff said developers pledged public water and sewer and council asked staff to seek detailed local‑hire breakdowns.

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Mayor says Southeast Nashville crime is down as city touts neighborhood investments

Mayor O'Connell opened remarks at the Southeast Precinct with precinct-level crime declines and tied the improvements to recent public-safety investments and community partnerships.

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Richards Manufacturing opens Union facility; officials tout expansion after acquisition

At a ribbon-cutting on Lehigh Avenue, Mayor Patricia Guerra Frazier and company representatives celebrated Richards Manufacturing's new Union facility, citing consolidation of warehousing, a 150-employee local presence and recent growth tied to an acquisition by TE Connectivity.

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Housing authority outlines demolition, procurement and multi-site redevelopment timeline

New Bern Housing Authority said it will issue demolition RFPs soon, seek a contractor before year-end to begin demolition in January, and aims to start construction on a Days Inn site project if funded by January 2028.

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County presents four financing scenarios for Moda Center renovation; staff urges against raising lodging tax

CFO Eric Graeano presented four options to finance a roughly $101.6M county contribution (mixes of BIT proceeds, motor-vehicle-rental-tax debt and transient lodging-tax changes). Graeano recommended using BIT and MVRT rather than raising the transient lodging tax (TLT).

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Council splits on moving general‑fund programs into HOT, Ready‑to‑Work and inner‑city TIRs

Councilmembers debated shifting eligible programs from the general fund into dedicated funds (hotel occupancy tax, Ready‑to‑Work, inner‑city TIRs) to free general‑fund dollars for restorations; arts director warned such moves could cut arts nonprofit funding by ~14.7%.

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City staff lays out $65.2M in amendment requests and warns: tax‑rate vote will decide scope

Assistant city manager and city manager told council the amendment packet totals roughly $65.2M over two years and reminded members that raising the tax rate requires 7 votes under state law — failure to obtain that would force substantial additional cuts.

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San Antonio council adopts $4.4B budget and raises property tax rate

After hours of public comment and multiple failed amendments, the San Antonio City Council approved the fiscal year 2027 operating and capital budgets and set the maintenance and operations property tax rate at 35.138'¢ per $100 of taxable value, an effective 2.20% increase.

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Council weighs a 1.6% across‑the‑board cut plan against a small tax increase to avoid deeper service losses

Mayor and councilmembers debated two approaches: the mayor proposed across‑the‑board cuts (1.6% in 2027 and 2.0% in 2028) to avoid raising property tax, while some councilmembers said a modest tax increase would better preserve services and investments.