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East Bethel council adopts 2026 budget and sets levies, uses $200,000 from reserves to limit increase
Summary
The City of East Bethel adopted its final 2026 budget and levies Dec. 8, approving a 3.8% overall levy increase and authorizing use of $200,000 from a roughly $5.2 million fund balance to balance the books.
The City of East Bethel on Dec. 8 adopted its final 2026 budget and property-tax levies after a staff presentation and a brief public hearing. A staff presenter said the city’s general fund is budgeted to grow about 7% in 2026, from $6,976,300 to $7,455,700, and that the city plans to use $200,000 of its roughly $5,200,000 fund balance to minimize the levy increase.
The presenter said revenues in the most recent completed year came in at about 102% of budget while expenditures ran about 95%. The city’s fund-balance policy calls for maintaining at…
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