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Council adopted the FY2027 appropriation ordinance while forgoing a meals tax increase to provide additional funding to Winchester Public Schools; an ordinance updating precincts and polling places and an ordinance limiting firearm possession in certain public places were approved. A conditional use permit for an auto/truck sales business was tabled because the applicant was absent. Council approved transit grant resolutions, authorized an eminent domain settlement for 520 and 522 N. Cameron Street, and held a closed session on hiring and litigation.
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City leaders passed the city’s spending plan for the next fiscal year without raising the meals tax, and directed funds to Winchester Public Schools through that plan. The council changed polling-place rules and restricted firearm possession in some public places, which may affect where you vote and where firearms are allowed. Transit funding from federal and state programs was approved, and the city settled eminent domain proceedings for two properties on N. Cameron Street. A requested permit to open an auto/truck sales business was postponed because the applicant did not attend.
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