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Medford council adopts $679.5 million biennial budget; flags PERS, health care and wastewater bond costs
Summary
The Medford City Council on June 4 approved a $679,486,400 biennial budget that increases personnel spending largely because of PERS and health-care cost growth and sets aside borrowing for a major wastewater treatment plant project.
Medford — The Medford City Council on June 4 adopted a $679,486,400 biennial budget for July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, approving the spending plan by an 8-0 roll-call vote after a public hearing and final motion by Councilor Kevin Stein.
The budget lays out revenue assumptions including a projected 4% rise in property taxes, an 18% increase in franchise-fee receipts tied to higher energy costs, a modest 1.2% growth in utility fees and an anticipated decline in some state-shared revenues such as marijuana tax…
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