Vote percentage leads to budget change in Oneida

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Vote percentage leads to budget change in Oneida

ONEIDA, N.Y. — The Oneida Common Council has been forced to adjust spending plans in 2025 due to a mathematical technicality. A voting technicality is costing the city five percent of its fund balance this year because of a 2.2 percent shortage. The council then had to vote during a different meeting to reduce the amount of the city being sent to the city’s general fund from 20% to 15%. The change resulted from an oversight by the council and al…