{"id":15230,"date":"2024-09-10T14:07:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T18:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/?p=15230"},"modified":"2024-11-03T09:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T14:04:42","slug":"citys-annual-budget-submitted-late-council-considers-tabling-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/10\/citys-annual-budget-submitted-late-council-considers-tabling-it\/","title":{"rendered":"City&#8217;s Annual Budget Submitted Late, Council Considers Tabling It"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15230\" class=\"elementor elementor-15230\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3284d9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f3284d9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-992cad5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"992cad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">City's Annual Budget Submitted Late, Council Considers Tabling It<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-255686e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"255686e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe69adb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe69adb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97cce69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97cce69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><u>9.10.2024 \/ News \/ munciepostdemocrat.com<\/u><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaea082 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eaea082\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8745152 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8745152\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Muncie&#8217;s 2025 civil budget was due for filing on the 26th, however according to City Clerk Belinda Munson it was turned in to her office late. The report as it stands conflicts with the ongoing negotiations between the Ridenour administration and AFSCME Local 3656, and also failed to include three different departments.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\">Ordinance 23-24\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">was discussed at a contentious and largely packed meeting on Monday night, where the annual budget for next year was the prime focus. Despite the deadline of August 26th, and reminders from elected officials and appointees in months prior, the budget was filed at the last minute and with little information provided beforehand to the council.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\">Although it&#8217;s not entirely clear what went wrong with the filing of the document, as some pages were approved on the 26th and others on the 27th. Belinda Munson told the Post-Democrat it was filed late, however <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lYfW_6-_-r0\">according to Political Spotlight host Kristopher Bilbrey<\/a><\/span> there was more to the issue at hand nearly leading to a physical altercation between the City Clerk, Mayor Ridenour, and Craig Wright. Bilbrey stated he has several sources telling him that Munson was upset both with how late the document pages were brought to her and a lack of an increase to her salary.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">City Controller Craig Wright did send the several missing pages to members of the council, however they were not available publicly on the City of Muncie website. The pages missing included the Parks Department, Beach Grove Cemetery, and Motor Vehicle Highway. Wright early in his sparring with council said that just a few pages were missing, however Nora Powell pointed out that this was pages 21 through 36 that were left off.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6311ea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d6311ea\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df7358a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df7358a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baf0d77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"baf0d77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Members of ASFME were in the front row of the meeting, and government watchdog Audie Barber went to the podium to advocate for the ordinance being tabled until a contract is offered to their union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">While the ordinance was introduced last night, council-member Brandon Garrett said he&#8217;s considering tabling the ordinance next month, at which point members of the audience were enthusiastic and applauded.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94f42f3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94f42f3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b0d3b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b0d3b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wright-Wagley-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15235\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wright-Wagley-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wright-Wagley-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wright-Wagley-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wright-Wagley.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8e3fb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8e3fb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Matt Wagley (left) and Craig Wright (right).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb22308 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb22308\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1cac95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1cac95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">Prior to this ordinance a new appointment was made to the Fire Merit Commission. The two individuals nominated were Kevin Coley, who received six votes, and Kelly Watson who received three. Council-members Nora Powell, Ro Selvey, and Brandon Garrett voted for the latter candidate. Powell cited his experience with collective bargaining, although Coley mentioned to the fiscal body that CBA&#8217;s are not brought to the merit commission. President of the commission Andrew Dale, also a member of the Redevelopment Commission and a total stranger to the Post-Democrat, spoke at the podium to defend the nomination of Coley.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">Several other issues faced in the meeting included environmental concerns, funding appropriations for the Police Department, and accessibility concerning the City of Muncie&#8217;s social media.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City&#8217;s Annual Budget Submitted Late, Council Considers Tabling It 9.10.2024 \/ News \/ munciepostdemocrat.com Muncie&#8217;s 2025 civil budget was due for filing on the 26th, however according to City Clerk 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