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Lenexa staff proposes 0.75-mill rollback for FY26; council hears sales-tax, debt and public comments
Summary
City finance staff proposed an additional quarter-mill rollback—part of a total 0.75-mill rollback for 2026—bringing the recommended mill levy to 26.209 mills, and presented conservative sales-tax forecasts, vacancy savings and debt-service pressures affecting FY26 planning.
City finance staff presented an update on the recommended fiscal year 2026 budget, proposing an additional quarter-mill rollback that, combined with earlier reductions, would result in a total 0.75-mill rollback for 2026 and place the recommended mill levy at 26.209 mills.
Finance staff noted a history of mill-levy reductions since 2019 and said one mill is approximately $1,890,000 in revenue for the city. Staff described several revenue and expenditure drivers behind the rollback: personnel cost savings from an adopted compensation adjustment (staff estimated savings equivalent to about 0.25 mills), three abated properties returning to the tax rolls that are estimated to generate about $450,000 for the city, and conservative revenue assumptions for sales and use taxes.
Key budget figures and assumptions presented by finance staff included: an…
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