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Davenport staff present balanced $271.5M FY2027 budget, stress capacity limits on implementation
Summary
City staff presented a proposed $271.5 million fiscal 2027 budget that reduces the property-tax levy and relies on grant funding for a spike in capital projects; staff warned that project delivery is limited by internal staffing and contractor capacity.
Davenport City staff on Feb. 7 unveiled a proposed fiscal year 2027 budget that totals $271,500,000 and reduces the property-tax levy to $16.58 per $1,000 of taxable value. Finance presenters described the operating budget as modestly higher than the prior year — roughly a 1.6% increase driven by IT and employee health costs — while the capital program is down about 3.8% versus the previous year largely because grant receipts are expected to be lower.
The proposed budget keeps the debt-service levy unchanged at $2.05 per $1,000 taxable…
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