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Speedway outlines 2026 public-safety budget; police general fund down, public-safety LIT rises
Summary
Town staff showed a proposed 2026 police budget of $5,763,609 (a 4.25% decrease) while shifting more costs to the public safety local income tax (LIT), which the town expects to provide an additional $1.8 million for policing.
The Town of Speedway presented its 2026 proposed police budget on Aug. 20, showing a general-fund request of $5,763,609, a 4.25% decrease from the prior year while relying on additional revenue from the public safety local income tax, known as the public safety LIT.
Grant (town staff) told the council the police department’s page in the budget “is 1,797,424” from the public safety LIT and emphasized that the full cost of policing must be calculated by adding that amount to the general-fund line. He summarized the combined spending as roughly “about 7 and a half million dollar budget to run our department.”
The broader context: the town shifted a larger share of police…
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