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Ripley adopts 2025–26 budget with property tax and trash fee increases, employee raises
Summary
The Board adopted the city’s fiscal 2025–26 budget and tax rate, including a 10‑cent property tax increase, a $4.50 monthly garbage fee and wage increases for full‑time and part‑time employees.
On second reading the Board of Mayor and Aldermen adopted the City of Ripley annual budget and tax rate for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.
Madam Porter summarized the ordinance: it includes a 10¢ property tax increase, a $4.50 monthly garbage collection fee, a $1‑per‑hour raise for full‑time employees and a 50¢‑per‑hour raise for part‑time employees. Porter said the budget is tight and the increases respond to lost revenue from the closure of a major local firm and state reappraisals of some industries, and to higher county waste disposal charges.
Council members moved the ordinance on second reading and the measure passed on roll call. Council members said the modest increases follow similar adjustments in surrounding jurisdictions and are intended to maintain services and keep pace with contractual and disposal cost pressures.
