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Keene council adopts FY2025–26 budget after heated debate over fleet lease; schedules Sept. 25 tax-rate vote
Summary
The Keene City Council on Sept. 18 approved the $13 million FY2025–26 budget (Ordinance No. 2025‑688) after extended debate over a proposed fleet leasing plan and confirmed a Sept. 25 meeting to set the city’s 2025 tax rate. Council recorded votes for the budget and separately ratified the property-tax increase as required by state law.
The Keene City Council approved the city’s fiscal 2025–26 budget on Sept. 18 after more than an hour of discussion focusing on a proposed fleet-leasing program and the long-term cost to taxpayers. Council enacted Ordinance No. 2025‑688 adopting the budget and then took a separate, required record vote to ratify the property-tax increase reflected in the budget.
City Manager Jonathan Seitz told the council the administration is preparing to implement the budget and noted recent community and development activity underway. A staff presentation to council indicated the proposed budget would raise $153,457 more in property-tax revenue (a 5.8 percent increase) and was based on a proposed tax rate of 0.828978, which the presenter said is higher than the no-new-revenue rate and lower than…
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