MANNFORD — Residents will have an opportunity to review and comment on the proposed 2026-2027 fiscal year budget for the City of Mannford during a public hearing scheduled for May 16 at 6 p.m. at City Hall. City officials will present the proposed budget which outlines anticipated revenues and planned expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1 of 2026 and ending June 30 of 2027.
The proposed budget was published in the April 16 edition of the Keystone Gusher and revealed an anticipated surplus ending balance total across all accounts to be $72,194.
Among the proposed budget was a total of expenses over $9.1 million associated with Enterprise Funds with anticipated revenue listed at over $8.9 million and an additional $150,000 listed as transfers from other funds. The fund was listed with a total surplus of approximately $10,852 for the ending balance.
Following enterprise fund the General Fund account was associated with the next highest expenses at over $4.5 million of which Personnel Services consisted of $2.6 million. The revenue proposed for the general fund was $3.4 million with transfers from other funds listed at $1.03 million resulting in an ending fund balance surplus of $7,992.
There were no funds listed at a deficit for the proposed budget, although, several were listed with no ending fund balance. Fund accounts listed to have no ending fund balance was the Street and Alley, Police Drug and Education, City Gap Insurance Plan, Fire Department Reserve, Library Fund, and Library Grants funds.
The purpose of the hearing is to receive written and oral comments and for holding open discussions on the City of Mannford annual budget for the Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
Public hearings for proposed city budgets are required prior to commission approval in order to provide residents a chance to attend and provide input or ask questions regarding city priorities. The city is required to make the proposed budget available to residents during regular business hours and publish it in the local newspaper.