Tipp City Council members voted unanimously to adopt the city'026 operating budget and a companion appropriation ordinance, authorize creation of the Uptown New Community Authority and approve a salary increase for the clerk of council.

Mr. Mack, a city staff member presenting the measures, told the council the operating budget "proposes, dollars $66,181,226 in total appropriations," laying out estimated revenues, proposed departmental expenditures, debt service and capital spending for fiscal year 2026. The companion ordinance authorizing expenditures as laid out in that budget was also approved.

Council then considered a resolution to create the Uptown New Community Authority (NCA). Mr. Mack said the resolution is the final step to form the NCA as a separate political subdivision and that the council will appoint four members to the NCA board once adopted. The council voted to adopt the resolution, recorded as Resolution 36-25.

Separately, the council approved Resolution 37-25, which Mr. Mack described as an increase in the clerk of council's compensation based on a recent performance evaluation. Council members offered brief public thanks to Miss Bates for her service before the roll call vote.

Several other ordinances were introduced for first reading: an amendment to 2025 appropriations to cover unanticipated 2025 expenses; an update to Chapter 92 addressing blasting requirements within city limits; and changes to Code sections 55.29(g) and 55.29(h) to pass through increased landfill tipping fees—Mr. Mack said that change would translate to roughly a $0.60 per month increase per residential unit. Those items were introduced for later consideration and were not adopted at this meeting.

Votes at the meeting were recorded orally during roll calls. The ordinance adopting the 2026 operating budget was recorded as Ordinance 25-25 and the companion appropriations ordinance as Ordinance 26-25. The Uptown New Community Authority resolution was recorded as Resolution 36-25 and the clerk compensation resolution as Resolution 37-25. The meeting record shows affirmative votes from the council members present on each of those items.

The most immediate procedural next steps are the usual post-adoption administrative tasks: completion of formal ordinance/resolution paperwork and scheduling any required implementation actions. The introduced first-reading ordinances will return for further readings and formal votes at future meetings.