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Salina commission adopts 2026 budget, approves fee increases including sanitation and water rates
Summary
The Salina City Commission held a public hearing and voted 5-0 to adopt the 2026 annual budget and a comprehensive fee schedule that raises sanitation and utility rates; staff said the budget uses a revenue-neutral mill rate with a one-mill general fund increase to cover operating costs.
The Salina City Commission on Aug. 11 held a public hearing and unanimously adopted the 2026 annual budget and a 2026 comprehensive fee schedule after staff and several residents spoke during public comment. Debbie Pack, the city’s director of finance, told the commission state statute requires a formal public hearing on the proposed budget and staff posted notice on July 29 and in the city 311 system on July 30, 2025.
Pack said the 2026 proposed budget — excluding interfund transfers and cash reserves — totals $155,959,033 in expenditures, up from $151,892,094 in 2025. Staff used a revenue-neutral rate of 28.568 mills to prepare the budget, a reduction…
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