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Kuna council approves tentative budget; sets property-tax increase at 2% for next year
Summary
Council approved the tentative fiscal budget and directed staff to publish it for the August budget hearing, amending the tentative levy increase to 2% rather than 3%. The tentative budget includes adjustments to capital timing for the council chambers and personnel additions.
The Kuna City Council approved a tentative budget to be published for the statutory budget hearing in the second meeting of August, adopting an amendment to limit the planned property-tax levy increase to 2 percent (rather than the 3 percent discussed at the budget workshop).
City Treasurer Jared (last name not specified in packet) presented the tentative budget and highlighted a modest top-line change of about 0.57 percent from the workshop figures after ‘‘true-ups’’ to payroll and capital timing. He said four positions were confirmed since the workshop: a sewer operator, a sewer technician, an accounting specialist and an economic development administrator. Jared also explained a timing change for the Council Chambers project in the capital projects fund, moving a larger share of project expenditures into fiscal 2026; the draft moved the budgeted amount from $1.2 million to about $2.2 million in the fiscal 2026 column to reflect construction timing.
Other budget details discussed
- Fleet: The tentative budget removes a previously considered $300,000 dump-truck purchase after staff decided repairing the existing vehicle was more cost-effective. - Police: Jared said the police budget was revised from an earlier workshop figure and now sits near $5 million; staff noted police services make up about 97 percent of a specified property-tax percentage metric in the packet (a marginal improvement from an earlier estimate). - KeyBank EDU obligation: Jared told the council the remaining KeyBank EDU obligation to the city (for late-comer assessments) is roughly 750 EDUs and, at current growth rates, is expected to be extinguished in about one to two years.
Council action and next steps
Councilor Bruce moved to approve the tentative budget as amended to assume only a 2 percent property-tax increase for the next fiscal year; the motion passed by voice vote. Council set a public hearing on the budget for the second meeting in August. Staff said additional changes based on the budget hearing could be made before final adoption and that staff will advertise the tentative budget and the date for the public hearing.
