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Council looks to trim capital equipment purchases to lower levy pressure
Dayton City Council (work session) · August 12, 2024
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Summary
Councilmembers discussed reducing or delaying key public-works equipment purchases (loader, mower, stump grinder), potentially lowering the capital levy from $1.05 million toward $400k–$600k targets; some members favored buying used equipment and applying fund balance toward an eventual ladder truck debt.
DAYTON — Councilmembers spent a portion of the Aug. 12 work session scrutinizing the capital equipment list and how purchases feed into next year’s levy.
Staff said the capital-levy fund is currently budgeted at about $750,000 and staff proposed increasing it to roughly…
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