MISSOULA — Members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday resisted several amendments that would have added more costs to the FY26 budget, though they also declined to remove other spending requests from the budget.

The city is knee-deep in its annual budgeting process and is expected to adopt the budget this month for the new fiscal year. As it stands, Mayor Andrea Davis has proposed a $4.4 million budgetary increase, much of which goes to fund wages.

“Even to meet our existing service needs, let alone the growth needs we have, we need to figure out some target that would feel workable to our residents while keeping the cost-of-living increase in mind,” Davis said.

On Wednesday, council members introduced a number of budget amendments, most of which would have added costs and pushed

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