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Oshkosh manager proposes 2026 budget that holds levy at $47 million; municipal services payment rises
Summary
City Manager Rebecca Grill presented a proposed 2026 budget that keeps the city tax levy at $47,000,000, reports a larger-than-expected municipal services payment from the state and moves several special revenue funds into the general fund to close a budget gap.
City Manager Rebecca Grill on Wednesday presented a proposed 2026 budget to the Oshkosh Common Council that holds the city tax levy at $47,000,000 while using a mix of revenue adjustments and fund balance transfers to close an estimated gap.
Grill said staff discovered late in the day that the municipal services payment — a state payment intended to offset city services provided to state facilities — will be $1,700,000 for 2026, up from the $1.4 million estimate used earlier in the budget process. "We were estimating an increase of 300,000, but at noon today, we got notification that we're getting 1,700,000.0 instead of, 1.4," Grill said.
The municipal services payment increase, a 0% projection for employee health and dental costs and other mitigations have reduced a…
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