Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Hewitt proposes marginally lower tax rate, adds firefighter positions and trims some hires in draft FY2025–26 budget
Summary
The city's preliminary budget package includes a slight reduction in the property tax rate, three new firefighter positions, utility staffing changes, capital equipment purchases and a shift in some previously proposed hiring and cost‑of‑living adjustments.
City staff presented a preliminary fiscal year 2025–26 operating and capital budget at the July 21 workshop that would slightly reduce the city’s property tax rate while funding several new positions and capital purchases. The proposed budget document uses a preliminary property tax rate of 0.534974 per $100 of assessed value (just under 53.5 cents), down from the current adopted rate of 0.5390. Staff projected total property tax revenue in the budget at just over $8.8 million, with roughly $5.77 million budgeted for maintenance and operations and just over $3 million for debt service. Sales tax revenue is projected at about $4.3 million for the fiscal year, and interest earnings are tentatively budgeted at $420,000. Staff noted…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
