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Assembly holds charter-required public hearings on FY26 budget, sets local school funding and refers city budget items to finance committee
Summary
At a special April 30 meeting the assembly held required public hearings on the FY26 mill levy, school and municipal operating budgets; it set the minimum local education funding amount and referred the proposed mill levies, city budget appropriation and CIP back to the Assembly Finance Committee for further review.
The assembly held charter-required public hearings April 30 on several FY26 budget items — the property tax mill levy, the school district operating budget and the city and borough operating appropriation — and referred each ordinance to the Assembly Finance Committee for additional review.
For the property tax levy, the clerk introduced Ordinance 2025-03, which proposes a total FY26 mill levy of 10.19 mills, a 0.15‑mill increase from FY25. Staff explained the mill components as an area‑wide mill of 6.35 (up 0.15), a road service area mill of 2.45 (flat), a fire service area mill of 0.31 (flat), and debt service at 1.08 (flat). The manager recommended holding the charter‑required public hearing and referring the ordinance to AFC; the assembly voted by unanimous consent to do so.
The assembly also heard Ordinance 2025‑02 to appropriate school district operating funds for FY26. Staff reported a proposed school operating budget of $94,977,500 — an increase of $9,580,100 from the FY25 amended budget — and explained that the school budget is supported by a mix of CBJ local funding and state and federal sources. The assembly set the assembly’s minimum local funding amount for the school district at $35,004,700 (motion by Assemblymember Bridal) and referred the ordinance to the finance committee for further review. The chair noted that by charter the assembly must appropriate the school district budget no later than May 31.
Finally, for municipal operations the assembly heard Ordinance 2025‑01, which would appropriate $536,715,800 in expenditure authority for the City and Borough of Juneau’s FY26 operating budget (excluding the school district). Staff said the ordinance recognizes about $517,079,600 of forecast revenue and would draw down fund balances by $19,636,200; they recommended holding the public hearing and referring the ordinance to the Assembly Finance Committee. Assemblymember Steininger moved referral and the motion passed by unanimous consent.
The assembly also held a public hearing on Resolution 3090, the FY26–31 Capital Improvement Program, and voted to refer the resolution to the Assembly Finance Committee for review. Committee and staff members reminded the public that these hearings are procedural and that further opportunities for public comment will occur during the detailed budget and finance committee process.
Ending: The referrals mean the Assembly Finance Committee will review and may amend mill levies, appropriations and the CIP as part of the FY26 budget process and return recommendations to the full assembly before charter deadlines in May and June.
