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Council staff warn budget hinges on tax rate, health and retirement costs
Summary
City staff told the council that key variables — the property tax rate, medical premiums and TMRS retirement contributions — could shift the proposed budget by several hundred thousand dollars, and that health-insurance bids will open Aug. 1.
City staff told the council during a work session that the draft budget is still subject to major variables, including the final property tax rate, rising health-insurance costs and projected changes to retirement contributions. “We open bids on August 1,” a staff member said, referring to requests for proposals for health insurance. The staff presentation quantified preliminary increases staff used in the model: a $262,500 cost for the proposed cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), about $282,000 estimated for TMRS…
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