HOPE – The Tuesday night (11/18) Hope City Board session entered into a public meeting at the start regarding Utility System Revenue Bonds. Ryan Bowman and Taylor Marshall with Friday Firm and Jason Holsclaw with Stephens were present. There were no public comments made, and the hearing lasted about a minute. The City Board meeting then resumed.

The next action was adopting the ordinance authorizing the issuance of Public Utility System Revenue Bonds and related agreement. The principal total of the bonds is $9,975,000.

The bulk of the business was a discussion with City Manager JR Wilson on the proposed 2026 City of Hope budget. Wilson described it “as the most challenging budget he has had to work with, and some hard choices had to be made.”

Wilson described some of the major points:

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