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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
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A RESOLUTION
26-422
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
June 23, 2026
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to adjust certain allocations in
the Fiscal Year 2026 Local Budget Act of 2025 to reflect changes to revenue and costs
and to maintain a balanced budget for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Fiscal Year 2026 Revised Local Budget Adjustment Emergency
Declaration Resolution of 2026”.
Sec. 2. (a) The Council approved a balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2026, the Fiscal Year
2026 Local Budget Act of 2025, effective October 23, 2025 (D.C. Law 26-51; 72 DCR 9797).
(b) Since the time that budget was approved, the Chief Financial Officer issued revised
revenue estimates for Fiscal Year 2026. In addition, certain costs have increased, newly arisen,
or otherwise changed since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2026.
(c) Appropriated revenues and budget authority for Fiscal Year 2026 must be adjusted to
ensure that a balanced budget and financial plan is maintained while continuing to meet the
needs of District residents.
(d) Adjustments to the Fiscal Year 2026 budget are necessary to appropriate additional
resources, address existing budget pressures and other changed costs, align budgets with
revenue, realize savings, and balance the budget and financial plan.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Fiscal
Year 2026 Revised Local Budget Adjustment Emergency Act of 2026 be adopted after a single
reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.