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Andover council votes 6-0 to adopt resolution to exceed revenue-neutral rate, advances 2026 budget process
Summary
After presentations from the city administrator and finance director, the council adopted a resolution to levy property tax revenue above the revenue-neutral rate and heard details of the proposed 2026 budget, including a plan to return the mill rate to 42.981 and a $20 million wastewater treatment expansion proposal.
The Andover City Council adopted a resolution to levy property taxes exceeding the revenue-neutral rate by a 6-0 roll-call vote during an RNR public hearing, advancing the city’s 2026 budget process. The council held the hearing after presentations from City Administrator Jennifer McCausland and Finance Director Matt Kane.
McCausland told the council the draft 2026 budget returns the city’s proposed mill rate to 42.981 — the same level as 2024 — after staff removed about $366,000 in requested items to close a roughly $1.5 million shortfall. “The promise I made to you a little less than a year ago was…
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