Summary
The council adopted a tight-budget year package that restores about 70 positions and library hours while raising parking fines and cannabis taxes to pay for it. Two councilmembers voted no over process concerns and the fee increases.
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 8, 2026.
Impact analysis
Roughly $3.3 million in new revenue from cannabis tax and parking fines funds the restorations; the city still faces a structural deficit it aims to close next year.
Residents who use libraries, parks, and public health services keep services that were slated for cuts.
Drivers who receive the newly increased $100 safety citations and street-sweeping fines, and city workers whose positions were still eliminated, bear the costs.
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