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Manassas Park city manager proposes FY27 budget with 1.5-cent real estate tax cut and new staffing requests
Summary
City Manager Carl presented an initial FY27 proposal that recommends reducing the real estate tax rate by 1.5 cents (from 139.5 to 138 per $100 assessed value), keeps a 15% reserve target, requests several new positions, and proposes a technology fee focused on development to support enterprise systems work.
City Manager Carl presented the governing body with his initial FY27 budget proposal on April 7, recommending a modest tax cut, continued fiscal reserves and several targeted staffing and program requests.
Carl said the proposed real estate tax reduction would lower the rate from 139.5 to 138 cents per $100 of assessed value, a 1.5-cent cut he framed as possible because the city's debt obligations have decreased in recent years. "I'm recommending the real estate tax be reduced by 1.5 cents from 139.5 to 138 per $100 of assessed…
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