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Hooper City adopts interim budget, approves July 1 utility rate increases
Summary
Hooper City Council adopted an interim FY2026–27 budget that reserves a proposed $128,000 property-tax increase and approved new sewer, garbage and stormwater rates to take effect July 1. The council tabled certification of the county-calculated tax rate until the county provides the figure.
Hooper City Council on June 4 adopted a resolution approving an interim budget that will let city operations continue starting July 1 while the final budget and state rate approval are completed. Treasurer Cammy Moss told the council the interim budget sets aside the $128,000 property-tax increase so the city will not spend those funds until the state approves the rate.
The interim budget also implements utility-rate changes the council approved for sewer, garbage and stormwater so those charges can begin on July 1’s invoicing cycle, Cammy Moss said. She explained the statute-driven interim budget process and that the formal property-tax rate certified by the county had not yet arrived, so the council reserved the tax-increase amount in a restricted account.
Council moved to table approval of the certified tax rate because the county had not provided the calculated rate; staff estimated the county would deliver the number the following week and the council would schedule the required truth-in-taxation hearing, likely in August. The council then held a public hearing on the interim budget (no public comment) and approved resolution R2026-03, amending the resolution language from “final” to “interim” before the roll-call vote.
Cammy Moss summarized the city’s fiscal picture and noted that some capital and Class C road projects will draw on previously restricted funds; she said transfers to capital projects can be reduced if necessary to avoid a negative fund balance. The budget paper provided to the council shows the adjustments and fund summaries the staff relied on for the motion.
The council adopted the interim budget by roll-call vote. Council Members Fowers, Hancock, Hill and Craig voted in favor; the council recorded the motion as carried. The council did not finalize the certified tax rate; that action remains tabled pending the county’s calculation and the subsequent public hearing.
The city will submit required interim-budget documentation to the state auditor and will proceed with the scheduled truth-in-taxation process once the county’s certified rate is available.
