×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County Executive Sam Page, from far left, and Councilmembers Rita Heard Days, Dennis Hancock and Shalonda D. Webb react as the first part of public comment ends during the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County Council meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Clayton. At the meeting, the council discussed a spending plan including $55 million in cuts to the 2026 budget.
The ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County Council on Tuesday approved a 9% cut in spending from the county's four major operating funds, cementing deeper reductions than County Executive Sam Page had sought for next year.
×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County Councilmember Mark Harder pulls out a prop to illustrate his opposition to a bill during the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County Council meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Clayton.Â
Page, in his prepared remarks, even suggests county government services could move to downtown ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ — if the city rejoined the county. Â
×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County Executive Sam Page, from far left, and Councilmembers Rita Heard Days, Dennis Hancock and Shalonda D. Webb react as the first part of public comment ends during the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County Council meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Clayton. At the meeting, the council discussed a spending plan including $55 million in cuts to the 2026 budget.
×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County Councilmember Mark Harder pulls out a prop to illustrate his opposition to a bill during the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County Council meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Clayton.Â
