Libraries, parks and community programs face cuts under no‑tax‑increase scenario
Aug 19, 2026
Aug 19, 2026
Staff said a no‑tax‑increase option would cut library adult services and hours, pause parks programming (summer youth, ambassadors, tennis/athletics), eliminate interlibrary loan funding and remove funding for downtown event activation and certain delegated agency contracts, forcing program reductions that council members warned would hit residents unevenly.
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City staff said that under the deeper‑cuts scenario many resident‑facing programs would be reduced or eliminated to avoid using property‑tax capacity.
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