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City commission reviews proposed budget keeping millage at 5.45 mills, eyes staff hires and capital projects
Summary
City Manager presented a balanced proposed budget that keeps the millage at 5.45 mills and includes targeted hires, modest contingencies and capital projects; commissioners debated adding benefits for elected officials and where to prioritize new staff.
City Manager Dale Freeman presented the proposed budget to the City Commission and said, “this is now your budget,” noting it assumes maintaining the same millage rate of 5.45 mills. Commissioners reviewed revenues and expenditures, discussed targeted hires and one-time capital items, and asked staff to return with more precise numbers at an August budget workshop.
The budget document shown to commissioners includes a roughly $60,000 unallocated contingency, salary lines with…
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