Erda City’s draft FY 2026/2027 General Fund budget shows a substantial City Council “Professional Services” allocation increasing from 267,000 in FY 2026 to 375,000 in FY 2027, broken out for legal, IT, accounting, inspection, and audit services. The detail lists line items for Attorney (60,000), miscellaneous legal (75,000), miscellaneous (80,000), IT (25,000), accountant (12,000), land legal (25,000), contract home inspector (81,000), and audit (17,000), without naming any specific vendors. This indicates the City anticipates either continuing or expanding use of outside professional firms across legal, IT, financial, and inspection services during FY 2027, but the document does not identify incumbents or awards. For vendors, this is a planning-stage signal that budget is being set aside and scopes are likely being clarified, creating room to position services ahead of any RFQs/RFPs or renewals for these categories.

Subcategories include legal, IT, accounting, inspections, and audit, suggesting multiple separate pr...