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Commission weighs millage increase but worries it would fall on non‑homesteaded properties
Summary
Members noted that a millage increase would primarily affect non-homesteaded commercial properties and could shift costs to businesses and renters; commissioners expressed reluctance and asked staff for modeling of small millage increases.
Commissioner Travis Avery cautioned that "if you increase the millage, and this amendment passes, that increase in millage only captures those non-homesteaded commercial properties," noting the distributional effects of a millage change under current amendment scenarios.
City Attorney Murphy warned that raising the millage could shift costs onto businesses, which might pass expenses on to renters or consumers, and reminded the Commission that raising the millage above the current rolled-back rate could require a unanimous vote. Commissioners generally expressed reluctance to pursue a millage increase without thorough data and suggested staff instead model modest millage options (for example, 0.25 mills) alongside assessments to quantify revenue potential and distributional impacts.
