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Glendale council adopts 2026 budget and establishes 2025 tax levy
Summary
After a public hearing, the Glendale Common Council adopted a resolution approving the 2026 annual program budget and set the 2025 city tax levy, with councilors and staff citing levy limits and reliance on debt service under current state rules.
The Glendale Common Council adopted the city’s 2026 annual program budget and established the 2025 tax levy after a public hearing and discussion about municipal finance.
Council members and staff said state levy limits and stagnant shared revenue force municipalities to rely on debt for capital needs. City staff noted that when the state imposed levy limits in 2006 it excluded debt service from the cap but did not increase shared revenue — a dynamic that, the council…
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