Livingston commission adopts $3.78 million final budget; approves modest utility rate increases and zones annexed parcel

The Livingston City Commission adopted a final fiscal year 2025–26 budget and approved related utility rate changes at its July 15 meeting, voting unanimously on each matter.

The commission approved Resolution 5164, the final budget in the amount of $3,775,333 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. City Manager Greg Gager told commissioners the budget is balanced: current operating revenues and ongoing expenditures align and the budget anticipates an ending general‑fund balance of about 26.2% of general fund expenditures — above the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) guideline of 16.67%.

Nut graf: The final budget keeps the city operating in balance while preserving a higher-than‑recommended fund balance to cover the timing of tax receipts and other contingencies; the commission also approved modest utility rate increases intended to cover inflationary input costs for water and wastewater operations and to fund needed capital and maintenance work.

What the commission approved

- Final budget (Resolution 5164): Adopted. Amount: $3,775,333 for FY 2025–26. City manager Greg Gager said operating revenues would cover operating expenditures (roughly $8.4 million of operating revenues versus $8.417 million of operating expenditures in the general fund) and that the budget includes one‑time…