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Committee approves 2025–26 fee schedule, pay plan and CIP; votes to set property‑tax hearing under 'pink postcard' option
Summary
Finance Director Heather Lindsley presented the 2025–26 budget; the committee approved the fee schedule, a pay plan with a 2% COLA, and the capital improvement plan, and voted to set a joint property‑tax hearing using the 'pink postcard' (LB 644) option, which reduces allowable immediate growth but requires taxpayer notice.
The Committee of the Whole approved a set of budget items for fiscal 2025–26 after a public hearing in which Finance Director Heather Lindsley reviewed revenue assumptions, fee changes and new positions.
Lindsley said the city projects sales‑tax receipts and other revenues of roughly $10.4 million and budgeted conservatively at about $10.0 million for the coming year to cover operations. She explained that Nebraska rebate programs such as the Nebraska Advantage Act have produced refunds (about $242,000 to date) that can reduce local receipts and make forecasting less certain.
On personnel, the committee approved a pay plan that includes a 2% across‑the‑board…
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