Jeffersontown council adopts $35.25 million budget and 10.82¢ tax rate for 2025-26 fiscal year

The Jeffersontown City Council on second reading approved a balanced fiscal year 2025-26 budget of $35,249,136 and adopted a city property tax rate of 10.82 cents per $100 of assessed value.

Council members said the spending plan is balanced at $35,249,136 in both revenues and disbursements and that the tax rate was the subject of the ordinance on its second reading. The council voted to carry both measures; the meeting record shows the usual motion, a second and a unanimous “Aye.”

The budget ordinance, presented on second reading, was summarized to the council as a balanced appropriation for the 2025-26 fiscal year, and the tax rate measure was identified as the city's establishment of the rate for the July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 fiscal year. The council's procedural votes followed the public readings: a motion, a second and the announcement "Motion carried." No roll-call vote breakdown was recorded in the meeting transcript.

The council made the votes during the meeting's business session; no amendments or conditions were recorded in the transcript. The ordinances were described by their numbers during the readings: ordinance 14-71 series 2025 for the tax rate and ordinance 14-72 series 2025 for the budget appropriation.

The council did not state in the meeting transcript any additional implementation steps or effective-date exceptions beyond the standard adoption readings. The full adopted ordinances and the formal vote record will be published with the official meeting minutes and ordinance texts.