The Twin Falls City Council is scheduled to review the preliminary budget, hold a public hearing on proposed rate adjustments and consider adoption of the preliminary budget on Aug. 3, 2026. The city’s published budget schedule lists Aug. 24, 2026, for the final budget hearing and adoption.

The dates matter because the budget process will guide city spending and service decisions for the next fiscal year. The rate-adjustment hearing also gives residents a formal opportunity to weigh in on proposed changes that could affect city costs. The approved city materials do not identify the precise amounts of those proposed adjustments.

What is scheduled for Aug. 3

The Aug. 3 meeting is not a single procedural item. The city’s schedule identifies three related steps: preliminary-budget review, a public hearing on proposed rate adjustments and consideration of preliminary FY 2026–27 budget adoption.

That makes Aug. 3 the first major public decision point in the published schedule. It is also the point at which residents can address the council about the proposed rates as the preliminary budget moves through review.

The City of Twin Falls announced the budget-planning process on July 6 and invited residents to provide input. Comments could be submitted through council representatives or through the city’s budget process.

Recommended budget is available

The city’s budget page provides the City Manager’s Recommended Budget for FY 2026–27, along with information about public budget presentations and the scheduled council actions.

That document gives residents a starting point for reviewing the city’s recommendation before the scheduled hearings. The source materials identify the document as a recommended budget; they do not establish that every recommendation will become part of the final adopted budget.

The same distinction applies to the rate discussion. The city has scheduled a hearing on proposed rate adjustments, but the available materials do not say that rates have increased or provide a final rate schedule. A proposal and a public hearing are not the same as an adopted change.

Final hearing is set for Aug. 24

After the preliminary review and Aug. 3 hearing, the next known step is the final budget hearing and adoption scheduled for Aug. 24, 2026.

The published schedule identifies Aug. 24 as a future hearing and adoption date, not as a completed action. The approved documents also do not confirm whether the preliminary budget was adopted exactly as proposed at the Aug. 3 step.

For residents, the practical takeaway is that Twin Falls has published a sequence for reviewing and adopting the FY 2026–27 budget, but the final spending plan and any rate changes remain subject to the city’s review and final action. Residents can use the city’s budget materials and contact council representatives to follow the proposal and provide input before the process is complete.