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City manager warns sales-tax shortfall; council told to expect spending freezes and deferred capital projects
Summary
City Manager Jared Atkinson updated council on sales-tax receipts and a forecasted shortfall of roughly $4.8 million for the current fiscal year, outlined hiring and spending freezes already in place, and previewed a cautious starting point for FY2026 budgeting.
City Manager Jared Atkinson told the council the city is forecasting a sales-tax shortfall in the current fiscal year and outlined a set of spending controls and capital deferrals the administration has enacted to limit the general-fund impact.
Atkinson said the fiscal-year sales-tax budget was $105.6 million; the city’s forecast for collections through year-end is about $100.8 million, a shortfall of roughly $4.8 million or about 4.6% of the budgeted total. "So on a budget of 105.6, we have a forecast of $100,000,000... So it's a shortfall of about $4,800,000," Atkinson told council during his presentation.
Atkinson reviewed the steps already taken in response: a freeze on open positions except for public-safety roles, limited exceptions for critical hires, suspensions…
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