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Council reviews FY2025–26 budget proposal; members advance parks-fee plan and flag state bills
Summary
City staff briefed council on the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 operating and capital budget, highlighting increases for public safety and cultural/recreation services; councilmembers proposed fee increases for parks field use and discussed state legislation that could affect future tax-rate setting.
City staff presented the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 operating and capital budget during a work session on Aug. 26 and outlined several program-level changes and fast-moving state bills that could affect future budgets.
City Manager Jared Atkinson said the total proposed budget is roughly $943 million. He highlighted a $6.5 million year-over-year increase in public safety spending (primarily police and fire) and a roughly $729,000 increase in cultural and recreation services, which include parks and museums. Taken together those increases are partly offset by reductions in other categories, yielding a net proposed general-fund increase of about $2.3 million.
Atkinson flagged two pieces of state legislation active in the special session: Senate Bill 10…
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