Fairfax approves budget for 2025-26 fiscal year

Fairfax has adopted a balanced budget for the fiscal year and included $123,400 for election costs related to the recall effort.

The Town Council voted 4-1 on Wednesday to approve the $15 million operating budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

“I’m thinking we did some really good budgetary discipline in the last three years I’ve been on the council,” said Mayor Lisel Blash, one of the recall targets. “We’ve always had a clean audit, healthy reserves and a balanced budget.”

Councilmember Mike Ghiringhelli...