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Vestavia Hills City Manager Jeff Downes talks to the Vestavia Hills City Council on Feb. 23, 2026.
Vestavia Hills City Manager Jeff Downes plans to present a proposed 2027 budget to the City Council on Monday.
His proposed $146 million budget would be a $23 million increase from the 2026 budget, which would be 18% higher. The proposed $83 in general fund expenditures would represent a 3% increase from the 2026 budget. It also would include a 2% cost-of-living-adjustment for all city employees.
The City Council also on Monday is scheduled to consider whether to pay Specialty Turf Supply $408,750 a year to maintain field landscaping inside the fences on the city’s recreational fields and consider a new policy regulating the use of Police Department equipment for extra jobs and off-duty employment.
See the complete agenda for Monday’s City Council meeting, as well as a summary of the 2027 budget here. The Vestavia Voice will report more on the 2027 budget in the future.
