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Crawford mayor proposes sales-tax increase as council reviews 2025–26 budget
Summary
At an Aug. 27 budget workshop, Mayor April Grant presented the proposed fiscal-year 2025–26 budget, said most department wish-list items can’t be funded, and suggested raising the city sales tax from 1.5% to 2% to help cover rising costs; no motion or vote was recorded.
Mayor April Grant told the Crawford City Council at a budget workshop on Aug. 27, 2025, that the proposed fiscal-year 2025–26 budget reflects limited capacity to fund department “wish list” items and will require final review by the State. She said the city’s financial status makes closing departments unnecessary for the coming year.
The mayor suggested exploring an increase in the city sales tax from 1.5% to 2% to address mounting expenses, naming insurance, existing contracts and infrastructure as areas that would benefit. "The City needs to look at increasing sales tax from 1.5% to 2%," Mayor April Grant said, according to the workshop record. The transcript records the comment as a suggestion; no motion, amendment or vote to change the tax rate is recorded.
Council members Patti Page, Christopher Dean and Dianne Gaston participated in the discussion and heard the mayor’s overview; the record shows no formal objections or votes during the workshop. City Clerk Teri Miller prepared and filed the minutes and the notice of meeting, and the mayor announced that a copy of the Open Meetings Act was posted and available at the meeting.
The workshop adjourned at approximately 7:59 p.m. The record does not show any formal action on the budget or a tax proposal; the proposed budget will need the additional required reviews and any formal decisions would be recorded in subsequent proceedings.
