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Junction City council adopts 2025–26 budget, keeps permanent tax rate at $6.0445 per $1,000
Summary
The Junction City Council held a public hearing and adopted the fiscal year 2025–26 budget and related appropriation resolution, keeping the city's permanent tax rate unchanged. Council discussed a one-time $50,000 state revenue-sharing allocation for police and directed staff to present a budget amendment next month.
The Junction City Council on June 10 held a public hearing and voted unanimously to adopt the city's fiscal year 2025' 26 budget and related resolution, including appropriations and a permanent property tax rate of $6.0445 per $1,000 of assessed value.
Director Green, the staff member who presented the budget, told the council that state law requires a public hearing on the approved budget each year before adoption and that the packet included the LB-1 financial summary and the budget committee's April 24 approval of the proposed budget. "Each year prior to the thirtieth, all governing bodies need to conduct this public hearing on the approved budget for the upcoming fiscal year," Director Green said during the presentation.
The approved resolution (Resolution No. 1) adopts the budget, makes the department and fund appropriations shown in the resolution's schedule A, and imposes the permanent tax levy at the rate described above. Councilor Leach moved to adopt Resolution No. 1; Councilor Weisberg seconded, and the motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.
During council discussion, members addressed a previously raised suggestion to use $50,000 from state revenue-sharing for a one-time allocation to the police department. Councilors clarified that the $50,000 discussed in budget meetings was a one-time allotment and not a recurring appropriation. Council directed staff to return with the specific amendment and implementation details at the next council meeting in July rather than making the transfer the same night. "I just want to make sure everybody understands that it's a one-time deal," a councilor said during the exchange; staff and the chief said they were already working on longer-term funding options.
Adoption of the budget also completed required steps listed in the packet: publishing the notice in the Register-Guard, filing the LB-1 form and the budget committee's record, and inclusion of related fiscal policies. The council was advised that, after adoption, it retains the option to adjust the budget in subsequent meetings following the process described in the budget manual excerpt included in the packet.
Less-critical details: the packet included fund worksheets for each department, and staff noted the council may amend allocations at future meetings if additional direction or data is provided.
