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League of Municipalities warns rising costs and exemptions squeeze city budgets
Summary
Spencer Duncan of the League of Kansas Municipalities told lawmakers that cities face rising construction, insurance and labor costs and that $8.7 billion in state sales-tax exemptions — about $400 million applicable to cities — reduce local revenue and increase pressure on property taxes.
Spencer Duncan, government affairs director for the League of Kansas Municipalities, told a legislative committee that cities across the state face rising costs for roads, water infrastructure, insurance and public-safety equipment and that the current revenue mix leaves many cities exposed.
Duncan said cities collect roughly 41% of revenue from property taxes, about 21% from sales…
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