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Rush Valley Council adopts 2026–27 budget, sets tax levy at 0.000702
Summary
Rush Valley Town Council adopted the 2026–27 fiscal-year budget, set a tax levy of 0.000702 (up from 0.000669), approved amendments to the prior year budget and balanced the FY26–27 plan with a $33,293 transfer from capital improvements for town-hall renovations.
The Rush Valley Town Council voted to adopt the town’s 2026–27 fiscal-year budget and set the property tax levy at 0.000702, an increase from last year’s 0.000669.
The chair announced the levy and moved forward with the resolution to adopt the budget and set the tax rate. Council performed a roll call and recorded “Aye” votes from Councilman Gardner and Councilman Harding; the motion carried. The council had earlier opened and closed a public hearing on the proposed budget before the adoption vote.
During review, councilors and staff identified several line-item changes: an upward adjustment to Class C road revenue (the council agreed to use $95,000 as the estimate after reviewing actual receipts), higher-than-expected sales and county-highway tax receipts, a confirmed $50,000 tourism grant for the Clover Church restoration, and larger-than-anticipated fire-department receipts. Payroll expenditures were higher than projected — the council noted about a $20,000 increase in payroll, roughly half attributable to the fire department.
To balance the revised budget the council agreed to take $33,293 from the capital-improvement fund (town-hall renovations) and apply it to operating expenses. The chair walked the group through the amended revenue and expenditure lines and the council approved the amendments by voice vote and a subsequent roll call.
What happens next: staff will finalize the budget document reflecting the agreed adjustments and proceed with implementation under the adopted levy and spending plan.
