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Ripley aldermen advance first reading of FY 2025-26 budget, propose $2.60 tax rate and $4.50 monthly refuse fee
Summary
At a May meeting, the Ripley Board of Mayor and Aldermen moved the first reading of the fiscal year 2025-26 budget and a proposed property tax rate of $2.60, which would include a $4.50 monthly increase to refuse collection; second reading with a public hearing was scheduled for the next meeting.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Ripley, Tennessee, moved on the first reading of the fiscal year 2025-26 budget on a vote during its May meeting, attaching a proposed property tax rate of $2.60 and a $4.50 monthly increase to the city refuse fee.
Mayor (unnamed) told the board the budget and tax-rate proposal would return for second consideration at the next meeting and that “a public hearing preceding the consideration” will be held before the second reading.
The first-reading motion to advance the budget and tax-rate proposal was made and seconded from the dais and passed by voice vote. The board did not adopt the budget at this meeting; action at the second reading and the public hearing will determine final adoption.
Board members did not discuss line-item details during the first reading. No motion or amendment about specific program cuts, new hires or capital projects was made at this stage. The mayor framed the vote as a procedural step to allow the public hearing and formal second consideration next month.
Because this was a first reading, the board’s action established the process and schedule for public input and a subsequent vote; it did not enact the tax rate or the refuse increase. The record shows the board advanced the measure to the next meeting for the required hearing and second consideration.
