Spring Hill council votes to exceed revenue-neutral rate, budget approval set for Sept. 11

Spring Hill took a step toward its 2026 spending plan Thursday, approving a resolution to levy property taxes above the state efined revenue-neutral rate while leaving final budget adoption to a Sept. 11 meeting. Finance Director Mrs. Dunn opened the combined public hearing on the 2026 budget and the revenue-neutral rate and said, "I want to remind everybody we are not approving a budget tonight. This is a step in the process."

The proposed 2026 budget projects roughly $1.1 million more revenue than the 2025 budget, with a $308,000 increase attributed to property-tax receipts arising from higher assessed valuations and the city —uilding more taxable property. Mrs. Dunn told the council she increased fees revenue in the draft budget after the city exceeded permit-fee projections in 2024 and again in 2025, and that interest income assumptions had been tempered to reflect market uncertainty. On the expense side she…