City manager details items left off 2027 recommendation; council hears list of denied requests

City Manager John Amundsen reviewed expanded‑program requests the manager recommended not funding in the 2027 proposal. On the personnel side he listed denied requests including an administrative assistant for development services, a grants manager, a deputy development services director reclass, an EMS training officer and a deputy fire chief. Non‑personnel denials included delaying cardiac monitor replacements (about $750,000) and patrol ballistic door program funding (~$110,000).

Amundsen said these were difficult choices and that many of the denied requests are worthwhile; he framed the decisions as tradeoffs made within a council–manager budget process and said the list demonstrates why staff will return with prioritized options and rationale during the formal budget hearings.