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Town budget workshop flags steep increase in fire protection contract, potential 27% levy impact
Summary
Grand Island staff presented a 2026 draft budget that includes a roughly 20.9% increase in the fire protection contract, which staff said would push the town's tax levy for fire roughly 27% higher and requires negotiation or cuts elsewhere to avoid breaching the tax cap.
Grand Island town staff told the Board of Trustees on Oct. 14 that the proposed 2026 budget contains a large increase in the fire protection contract that would substantially raise the town's levy for fire protection.
In the workshop presentation, staff said the fire contract submitted by the department would increase about 20.9% compared with the prior year, and that, holding other items constant, the town's tax levy attributable to that line would rise by roughly 27%. Trustees discussed the magnitude of the…
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