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Troutdale budget panel approves budget with $25 public-safety fee, urges levy for longer-term funding
Summary
After three nights of review and public comment, the Troutdale Budget Committee approved the FY2026-27 budget as amended, setting the public-safety fee at $25 per month and recommending a five-year $1.60-per-thousand property tax levy for the council to consider placing on the November ballot.
The Troutdale Budget Committee on April 20 approved the city's FY2026-27 budget as amended, including a $25-per-month public-safety fee and a recommendation that the City Council refer a five-year local-option property tax levy of $1.60 per $1,000 assessed value to voters in November.
The committee moved through a package of reductions staff presented earlier in the week and voted to remove a number of discretionary items, including the summer "movies in the park" program and a planned facilities van, to reduce general-fund spending. Staff said a combination of those reductions, use of a $750,000 Buxton property allocation and other non-general-fund cuts helped lower the fee originally projected at $32 to a $25-per-month recommendation.
"If you look at the graphic here, if we stayed with the…
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