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Newport City budget shows roughly $6.28M in tax-funded needs; council to hold Saturday public session
Summary
Council members previewed a draft fiscal-year budget that would require roughly $6.28 million in tax revenue — about a 10% increase from last year — and agreed to hold a public budget session Saturday to walk through a cleaned-up presentation and receive comment.
The Newport City Council on Jan. 5 reviewed a draft city budget that council members said would require about $6,280,000 to be raised through property taxes after accounting for other income sources. The presiding official said the total city budget exceeds $9 million and the tax-funded portion represents almost a 10% increase over the prior year.
Council and staff discussed presentation details, including whether to include dozens of zero-dollar lines in the public packet. Carrie Schultz, financial and office administrator, said she could prepare both a full version (with all lines) and a cleaned-up PDF highlighting active accounts to make the document more readable for residents at Saturday’s community town-hall style budget session. The council agreed to post both formats so members of the public can review the full accounting and an easier-to-read version.
The council scheduled a community budget session for Saturday morning (start roughly 9 a.m., coffee/snacks planned) to walk through the draft, gather public comment, and then return any feedback to department heads for additional revisions before a final council review on Jan. 20 and a potential warrant for the March 3 vote.
