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Brookings reviews $72.9 million 2025 budget proposal, focuses CIP on maintenance
Summary
Deputy City Manager Jake Mescher told council the proposed 2025 budget totals $72.9 million with the general fund at about $22.2 million; the 10-year capital improvement plan prioritizes maintenance and replacement projects while funding a few additions such as an inclusive playground and skate-park renovation. The council heard a consolidated fee-schedule package that would raise several user fees, including solid-waste rates.
Deputy City Manager Jake Mescher presented the second budget workshop, telling the Brookings City Council the total requested 2025 budget is $72,900,000 and that the general fund is approximately $22.2 million. Mescher said the proposed budget reflects a modest year-over-year increase driven by special-revenue and debt-service fund activity, staffing additions and operational inflation.
Mescher said the city intends to prioritize maintenance and replacement across the 10-year capital improvement plan rather than pursue broad new expansions. Notable 2025 items highlighted in the CIP include annual street…
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