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Mount Vernon City to ask Fortis to seek levy increase to close $6 million 2026 shortfall
Summary
Doug Valeski, Mount Vernon City’s director of finance, said the city projects a $6,000,000 budget gap for 2026 and that the council has directed staff to ask Fortis to pursue a voter-approved levy increase after exhausting discretionary cuts and other measures.
Doug Valeski, director of finance for Mount Vernon City, said the city faces a $6,000,000 shortfall in 2026 and that the council has directed staff to ask Fortis to pursue a levy increase with voters. "By law, the City has to adopt a balanced budget each year," Valeski said. "So when we have a projected deficit like the $6,000,000 shortfall we are facing in 2026, we have to either raise more revenue by asking the voters to increase the levy, cut spending, or both."
Valeski told the council the city…
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