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Shelton council adopts 2026 budget and property tax, approves code changes and rate adjustments
Summary
Shelton City Council adopted the city's 2026 budget and property tax ordinance on Nov. 18, approved a municipal code change for special events and authorized a solid-waste rate increase; several other resolutions were forwarded to the Dec. 2 action agenda for final consideration.
Shelton City Council adopted the city’s 2026 budget and set the 2026 ad valorem property tax at its Nov. 18 meeting, while approving an update to the municipal code for special events and signing off on a waste-hauler rate increase.
The council voted to adopt Ordinance 2035-1025, which formalizes the 2026 budget with total expenditures unchanged from the proposal at $37,528,770. Council also adopted Ordinance 2034-1025, allowing the city to increase property tax collections by the 1% limit tied to the state implicit price deflator. Finance Director Terry Schnitzer said the city’s favorable revenue and lower-than-budgeted expenditures have raised the…
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