Request for a public hearing

Restore $724,000 for Veterans Services Budget

Last activity May 7, 2026 (5 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    May 4, 2026

  2. In committee

    The committee decides whether to send it to the full council.

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

This matter is a City Council Order for a hearing to discuss immediately reinstating the $724,000 cut from the Department of Veterans Services in the FY27 Operating Budget. The order cites a prior 2023 cut and reports about vacancies in veteran services; it was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means on May 6, 2026 and has not yet been enacted.

Affects veterans and military families

Filed by Brian Worrell, Benjamin Jacob Weber, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén, Julia Mejia, Ruthzee Louijeune, John FitzGerald, Sharon Durkan, Miniard Culpepper, Liz Breadon, Erin Murphy, and Ed Flynn

Now with the Committee on Ways and Means

About Budget & Finance and Health & Human Services

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Official title

Order for a hearing to discuss immediately reinstating the $724,000 cut from the Department of Veterans Services from the recommended FY27 Operating Budget.

Timeline

  1. May 6, 2026

    Referred to

    City Council

    Councilor Breadon in the chair. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.