Brentwood commission approves budget, keeps tax rate steady, OKs utility rate increases and veterans committee

The Brentwood City Commission voted unanimously at its June meeting to approve first readings of the fiscal 2025–26 appropriation ordinance and an ordinance setting the city's property tax rate, to adopt increases to water and sewer rates, to create a veterans memorial ad hoc committee and to pass a package of consent resolutions and appointments.

The appropriation ordinance now on first reading would set spending and capital investments for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2025; staff said the ordinance covers $121,427,977 in total appropriations with $55 million in capital projects and a general-fund revenue estimate of $57,302,400. The commission voted to advance the ordinance; final adoption is scheduled for the June 23 meeting.

In the same action, the commission set the city's effective property tax…