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Idaho Falls council adopts $389.6 million FY25–26 budget; approves fees and ongoing foregone, rejects one-time foregone
Summary
The Idaho Falls City Council approved the fiscal-year 2025–26 budget not to exceed $389,634,976, adopted fee changes, approved a 1% ongoing foregone levy of $506,638 to cover firefighter positions tied to the SAFFR grant sunset, and declined a $500,000 one-time foregone capital request for a fire storage facility.
The Idaho Falls City Council voted to adopt a fiscal-year 2025–26 budget with a not-to-exceed total of $389,634,976 and approved several related resolutions and fee changes at the council meeting.
Municipal Services Director Pam Alexander presented the budget overview and summarized required public hearings held Aug. 14 on new fees and the foregone requests. Alexander told the council the total proposed budget not to exceed $389,634,976, an increase of about $16.9 million from the current year, and described revenue assumptions that include a 3% statutory property-tax growth allowance and proposed foregone levies. The budget presentation identified operating expenses of about $120.6 million and citywide capital outlays of…
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