**Pre-publication flag (not for publication):** This artifact's validation status is `pending_review`, and the automated `content_mismatch` check failed. The recording labeled "Budget Committee – Oct. 23, 2026" contains a Louisville Halloween feature segment, not committee business. It includes no agenda, motions, votes or public comment. The draft below reports only what the artifact contains. Please verify the video-to-meeting association before publishing. If the correct Budget Committee recording is located, this edition should be replaced.

Pre-publication flag (not for publication): This artifact's validation status is pending_review, and the automated content_mismatch check failed. The recording labeled "Budget Committee – Oct. 23, 2026" contains a Louisville Halloween feature segment, not committee business. It includes no agenda, motions, votes or public comment. The draft below reports only what the artifact contains. Please verify the video-to-meeting association before publishing. If the correct Budget Committee recording is located, this edition should be replaced.

Readers looking for Louisville Budget Committee decisions from Oct. 23, 2026, won't find any in this recording. It contains a Halloween feature: a Hillcrest Avenue display that draws an estimated 3,000 children a night, a downtown costume shop with roots in 1915, and a police officer's safety checklist. No motions, votes or budget deliberations were recorded.

• No committee action: The Oct. 23 recording shows no votes, motions or budget items
• About 3,000 children a night expected at a Hillcrest Avenue Halloween display
• Police resource officer urges supervision, crosswalks and wrapped candy only