For fiscal year 2026, which runs from January to December, the outgoing Midway City Council has approved $2,337,769 in General Fund expenditures and $1,460,950 in Water Fund expenses, totaling $3,798,719.
Overall, General Fund spending is set to increase by $727,958.80 in the coming year. Of that amount, $303,769 will be transferred out of the Water Fund into the General Fund, $100,000 of which is listed as a “management fee.” That leaves the Water Fund with $245,781 in “excess revenues.”
When the council opened a public hearing on the proposed budget on Dec. 8, no members of the public spoke, and Mayor Levern Clancy moved to close the hearing within 15 seconds of opening it. The council then voted unanimously to pass the 2026 budget…