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City of Commerce proposes 83¢ tax rate to fund public safety, parks and rec center
Summary
City staff outlined a proposed fiscal year 2026 budget that would raise the city tax rate from the state’s no-new-revenue rate of 82¢ to 83¢ per $100 valuation to generate about $85,000 for public safety equipment, radio systems, forensics, a leased recreation center and ballfield maintenance.
City staff outlined a proposed fiscal year 2026 budget for the City of Commerce and said the City Council is proposing a tax rate of $0.83 per $100 of assessed value to cover a shortfall in the general fund.
The proposal, described on the City of Commerce podcast, would increase the city tax rate by 1¢ over the state-calculated “no new revenue” rate of $0.82 and is projected to raise about $85,000 in additional property-tax revenue for the city.
City staff presented why the council put forward the increase: the proposed combined budget is roughly $16,000,000, split about evenly between the general fund and the public utility fund, and the general fund’s public-safety expenditures total about $4,700,000 while property-tax revenue allocated to public safety is about $3,900,000. The staff member explained that property taxes and sales tax together support public-safety services such as police, fire, dispatch and municipal court.
“We have the cost of these services. We’ve got all other forms of revenue… the gap that’s left in expenditures, that is what we have to fill with…
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