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Idaho Falls council weighs budget trade-offs: $399,000 unallocated, police range and $500,000 capital debate
Summary
City staff presented updated county valuation and proposed allocations; councilors debated whether to levy a 1% capital foregone (about $500,000) to fund a fire storage facility and discussed earmarking unallocated funds for police shooting-range work, street maintenance, zoo staffing and aquatic center lockers.
City staff and councilors spent the meeting’s longest block of time reviewing updated property valuation numbers from the county, the composition of unallocated funds in the tentative budget and competing requests for one-time and ongoing money.
Brooks (finance staff) and Pam (city finance) said the county provided updated valuations the previous Monday, producing a total valuation of roughly $8.7 billion and estimated growth-related property-tax revenue of about $916,000 for the coming fiscal year. Staff presented scenarios showing the impact to residential and commercial property owners under several levy and foregone options: statutory 3% allowed increase, 1% foregone and a proposed 1% capital foregone (a one-time capital tax amount) of roughly $500,000. For a typical homeowner in the presentation sample, the combined package being considered would add between roughly $42 and $78…
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