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Mayor: Keizer faces budget shortfall that imperils police staffing
Summary
In her State of the City address, Mayor Kathy Clark said Keizer faces a projected $1.65 million budget shortfall driven by reduced state distributions and rising costs, and she previewed a comprehensive police staffing study recommending phased funding strategies.
Mayor Kathy Clark said Keizer faces a budget shortfall of about $1.65 million as the city prepares its 2026–27 budget, and that underfunded mandates and reduced state distributions are hampering efforts to fully staff police and other core services.
Clark, speaking at the Keizer Chamber of Commerce’s State of the City event, said an in-depth police staffing and funding study led by city staff and public safety leaders analyzed current staffing levels, retention pressures and the cost to provide modern public-safety services.…
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