Officials propose 8.5% preliminary levy increase to cover legislative impacts
Staff recommended a preliminary 8.5% levy increase to produce about $6.9 million, driven in part by estimated legislative cost shifts (including a roughly $1.35 million child-protection cost). The board can lower the levy later when state numbers arrive.
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Finance staff presented an administrator-recommended preliminary levy increase of 8.5 percent for 2027 that staff said would generate about $6.9 million. The recommendation combines a base increase and a legislative-impact surcharge designed to cover a range of newly assigned costs.
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