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Council adopts FY2025–26 budget; mill levy held steady and major park projects funded
Summary
The City Council adopted the FY2025–26 budget and appropriations ordinance, funding $82 million in capital projects, maintaining the city’s property tax request while lowering the mill levy, and adding staff positions and park projects including a major Island Oasis renovation.
The Grand Island City Council adopted the fiscal year 2025–26 budget and annual appropriations ordinance after presentations from city finance staff and extended council discussion.
City Administrator/Finance staff presented an overview showing the city’s 2025 valuation rose 8.1% compared with the prior year. Staff said the city’s property tax request (the total dollars requested) remains effectively unchanged from the prior year, and noted that because valuations rose the city’s mill levy decreases (the packet set out the…
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