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Hermiston budget committee approves 2025-26 budget, sets general-fund rate at $6.086 per $1,000
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Hermistonbudget committee approved the cityproposed 2025-26 budget and set the general fund operations rate at $6.086 per $1,000 of assessed value, citing new enterprise-zone revenues and higher franchise and permit revenues.
Hermiston's budget committee voted to approve the proposed 2025-26 city budget and set the general fund operation rate at $6.086 per $1,000 of assessed value. The committee adopted the spending plan after a presentation from City Manager Byron Smith and a public review of department budgets.
City Manager Byron Smith said the city's combined budget across all funds increases from about $116 million to $128 million, a roughly 10% rise that he attributed largely to an $8 million Amazon-funded RV-park project and creation of a…
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