The City Council unanimously adopted a $152,322,213 million budget during a special meeting on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Because the budget exceeds the tax cap by $1,680,232, the adopted budget required a two-thirds majority vote of the City Council.
The estimated tax rate as a result of the adopted budget is $26.30, a $1.38 increase over the current tax rate. The official tax rate will be set by the state Department of Revenue Adnministration later this year.
The special meeting to vote on the budget followed several weeks of budget meetings and workshops.
The special meeting to adopt the budget can be viewed below:
Additional documents from the special meeting, including the budget resolution, can be accessed here:
May 1, 2019 special meeting documents
A final budget workshop predeeded the special meeting. It can be viewed below:
The proposed budget can be viewed here: FY2020 Proposed Budget
The initial budget presentation to the City Council on March 27 can be viewed below:
Additional handouts from the March 27 presentation can be found here:
Budget presentation and data, March 27 regular meeting
Additional budget presentations
Community Services
The City Council held a workshop session on April 24 to review the Community Services budget.
The workshop can be viewed below:
Additional handouts from the April 24 workshop can be found here:
Budget presentation and handouts, April 24 workshop
Public Welfare Police, Fire and Rescue and Recreation
The City Council held a workshop session on April 17 to review some departmental budgets, including Public Welfare, Police, Fire and Rescue, and Recreation.
The workshop can be viewed below:
Additional handouts from the April 17 workshop can be found here:
Budget presentations and data, April 17 workshop
Schools, Executive, Dovernet, Finance, Planning and Library
The City Council held a workshop session on April 3 to review some departmental budgets, including the public schools, Executive, Dovernet, Finance, Planning and the Library.
The workshop can be viewed below:
Additional handouts from the April 3 workshop can be found here:
Budget presentations and data, April 3 workshop
Public hearing on the school portion of the proposed budget
A public hearing on the school portion of the proposed budget was held on Wednesday, April 10. The meeting can be viewed below:
School Board budget adoption
The School Board voted to forward its proposed budget to the City Manager on Feb. 11, 2019. The budget meeting can be seen below. The School Board's proposed budget will included in the overall city budget.