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City reports strong turnout at budget outreach; majority favored maintaining services and tax rate
Summary
City staff said three budget outreach sessions drew robust attendance and preliminary survey results show 56% favored keeping services and the tax rate steady, while 34% favored increasing both and 9% favored cuts.
City Manager Jesse Wallace briefed the council on recent community budget work sessions held January 15, 17 and 19 and previewed raw results that staff will distribute. Wallace said the sessions were well attended and that staff will include the collected data in the council's information packet ahead of the February budget work session.
"Do you want to cut services and tax rate, or do you want to maintain services and tax rate, or would you prefer to increase, services and tax rate?" Wallace said the question asked at the sessions, and he gave the preliminary breakdown: "9% of the folks wanted to cut services and tax rate, 56% wanted to maintain services and tax rate, and 34% wanted to increase services and tax rate." Staff said full results from written and online surveys will follow and that a scientific survey's results are expected by the February 20 work session.
Council members recommended adding more weekend meeting times to accommodate attendance; staff indicated they would consider additional Saturday sessions in future outreach.
