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Dover manager presents FY2026 budget without property tax increase; $6.7M general-fund gap identified
Summary
City Manager Dave Huggins presented a proposed FY2026 budget that holds the property tax rate steady, increases capital spending and carries a roughly $6.7 million gap in the general fund that would be covered by carryover funds, while enterprise funds show mixed results.
City Manager Dave Huggins presented the proposed fiscal 2026 budget at a May budget review hearing, saying the plan does not recommend a property tax increase for the coming year and relies on carryover funds to cover a projected general-fund shortfall.
Huggins told the council the general fund faces an estimated $6,700,000 gap between revenues and expenses and that the city balanced that gap with carryover money rather than dipping into reserves. “If we were to try and simply match revenues and expenditures on the general fund, it's about a $6,700,000 deficit,” he said. He said the budget does not use reserve funds to balance operations.
Huggins emphasize…
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