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Administration presents structurally balanced FY27 budget; proposes 3% pay increase and no property tax rate change
Summary
City administrators presented a $393.98 million FY27 budget that officials said is structurally balanced, includes a 3% cost-of-living increase for sworn and civilian employees and keeps the property tax rate unchanged. The plan funds $33.4 million in general capital and a $167 million total capital program and sets a public hearing and two readings in May–June.
Weston Porter, a city budget official, presented the City of Chattanooga’s proposed FY27 budget on May 5, describing it as “structurally balanced and fiscally sound.” The proposal lists total revenue of $393,980,000 and matching expenditures, officials said, with roughly 86% of revenues coming from property and sales taxes.
Porter told the council the budget includes a 3% cost-of-living adjustment for both sworn and civilian employees and "no change to the property tax rate that we set last year,"…
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