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Manassas Park council debates FY26 budget options, leans toward a 1¢ property-tax lift and utility pass-throughs
Summary
Council held an extended budget discussion June 3 over FY26 proposals that would pair a modest real-estate tax increase with utility rate changes to cover higher water purchase and treatment costs. Members voiced concern about deep staffing cuts and urged preserving a 2.5% COLA for employees.
Manassas Park City Council members spent much of their June 3 meeting weighing competing ways to close a projected FY26 budget shortfall, with several members signaling support for a one-cent increase in the real-estate tax combined with modest utility rate adjustments.
City Manager (speaker 6) presented multiple scenarios that link property-tax options (0¢, 1¢, 1.5¢) to water, stormwater and solid-waste rate changes. The manager described a scenario that would pass through about a 6% increase in water rates to reflect higher purchase and treatment costs and proposed 5% increases for stormwater and…
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