OWENSVILLE — Preparations for the city’s fiscal year 2026-27 budget are being reviewed by staff in anticipation of final approval on June 15.

Owensville aldermen have held three budget committee workshops in recent weeks. City Clerk Peggy Farrell told the full board on Monday she expects to finalize the balanced $6,635,835 budget with enough “leeway for adjustments” that changes could be made well in advance of the required deadline for approval by June 30. The city’s new fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30, 2027.

“Everything came in balanced,” Farrell told aldermen and Mayor Kevin McFadden on May 18 with anticipated expenditures matching anticipated revenue from all sources.She said all the budget numbers presented would be looked at by her  and City Administrator Randy Blaske — especially the latest figures for insurance premiums and unemployment payments — and “adjusted as I need to.”

Proposed budget documents provided by the city show breakdowns in anticipated revenue and projected expenses in four fund categories: City Administration, Water and Sewer, Street, and Parks and Recreation.

The City Administration fund includes General Revenue income of $2,514,110 with expenses of $1,259,725. Expenses listed under GR include Elected Officials of $16,050, Emergency Management Agency (EMA), of $35,357, and Police of $1,202,968.

The Water and Sewer fund has equal anticipated revenue and anticipated expenditures of $1,766,700. Customer rates for services are the primary source of income for this fund.

The Street fund, which receives sales tax support, has a projected income of $1,260,915 and anticipated expenditures of the same.

The Parks and Recreation fund includes three separate accounts including Park, Golf, and Pool. Each of the three categories for the sales-tax supported park system has a balance of anticipated revenue and planned spending. Those figures include $499,880 for Parks, $207,415 in Golf, and $436,825 for Pool.

Gone from the city’s budget planning is an account for volunteer fire service. Voters primarily in the southern portion of the county approved the formation of an Owensville Fire Protection District with financial support from tax payers based on assessed valuation of real estate and personal property such as vehicles.