# City Council Hearing: Budget & Appropriations; November 10, 2026


**Body:** CharmTV Citizens' Hub
**Date:** November 09, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Public Safety, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


At the City Council budget and appropriations hearing on November 10, 2026, the committee reviewed seven supplemental appropriations. Fiscal 2026 closeout requests included $88 million for Department of Transportation snow response, $22 million for police overtime, $30 million for fire overtime and union contract costs, and approximately $2.7 million for sheriff overtime and fleet costs. Finance said an income-tax surplus helped cover the overruns, but the city also needed to draw $30 million from fund balance to close the fiscal year in balance. The committee also advanced a $9.14 million Health Department appropriation to reimburse City Schools for prior-year school health clinic work, plus two Fire Department state-grant appropriations of $1,450,162.71 and $30,918.29.

Members raised vendor-performance and oversight concerns about snow removal contractor Loren Corporation. DOT reported that Loren’s total payment for the snow season was $2.2 million, about 2.6% of the $88 million snow-response supplemental; DOT said it would work with the Bureau of Procurement to investigate the concerns and noted that vendors selected through competitive bidding cannot simply be blacklisted or turned down. The committee moved all seven bills favorably, with amendments on certain bills, for second reading at the November 23 council meeting. No new contract award was made at this hearing.

**Source:** CharmTV Citizens' Hub