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Manassas Park manager proposes 2026 budget with utility-rate hikes and 1¢ property-tax cut
Summary
City staff presented a conservative FY2026 budget that would reduce the real-estate tax rate by one cent while recommending increases to enterprise fund rates: 10% for water and sewer, 25% for stormwater (phased), and 10% for solid waste. Council pushed for more analysis before May 6 rate-setting.
Unidentified Speaker 5 presented the Manassas Park FY2026 budget on April 22, recommending a one-cent reduction in the real-estate tax rate and increases to enterprise fund fees to eliminate ongoing general-fund subsidies.
Why it matters: The changes would shift some costs from general-fund subsidies onto utility customers. Staff called the package “conservative” and said it aims to stabilize enterprise funds that have been subsidized for years.
The recommendation for water and sewer would be a 10% increase, put forward as a compromise to a larger immediate increase: “If we want to fix it all at…
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