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Budget committee orients to calendar as staff flags $14/month city service fee and URA sunset
Summary
At an orientation meeting, Philomath staff reviewed the budget calendar, explained the Urban Renewal Agency’s separate role and impending sunset, and flagged a proposed $14-per-month city service fee to support police and the general fund; the committee schedules a full review May 13.
Philomath staff and new budget review committee members met for an orientation that reviewed the budget timeline, the urban renewal agency’s role and fiscal limits, and a proposed $14-per-month city service fee that would appear on utility bills to support police services and shore up the general fund.
Finance Director Mike Rosinski, who led most of the presentation, said the committee will follow a three-step review: a May 13 meeting to go “page by page” and collect questions, a second meeting that provides staff answers and deeper discussion, and a final meeting to approve the budget and the city and Urban Renewal Agency (URA) tax levies. “The first meeting, we take questions and comments. We don't debate. We don't discuss it, but we go through the whole budget,” Rosinski said.
A staff speaker explained the Philomath Urban Renewal Agency as a…
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