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Ivins council signals move toward truth-in-taxation as staff trims budget to reduce $1.03M gap
Summary
At a May 1 work meeting, the Ivins City Council discussed ways to close an estimated $1.03 million general‑fund shortfall and signaled support for beginning the truth‑in‑taxation notice process while staff refines spending options and prepares outreach to residents.
Mayor (speaker 1) opened a May 1 work meeting of the Ivins City Council to review tentative budgets and framed three options to close an estimated general‑fund shortfall: reduce expenditures, start a truth‑in‑taxation process to raise property taxes, or pursue a hybrid of cuts and new revenue.
Kate, a city staff member presenting the Version 2 budget, said she removed roughly $241,000 (a quarter of $1,000,000) previously proposed for a road replacement transfer from the general fund and that the updated figures reduced the general‑fund deficit to about $1,031,000. "At the end of the day, the difference between the revenues and the expenditures…
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