R-25-12

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1. May 6, 2025City Council· item 3eapproved#

   [3e] Appropriation resolution R-25-12 (Wastewater Fund) for FY 2026 was approved unanimously 6-0.

   failedMotion to defer consideration and appropriation of the FY 2026 budget to a date certain of May 13, 2025.

   ✓ McQuillen✓ Hall✓ Peterson✕ Read✕ Bates✕ Hardy-Chandler✕ Amos
   failedAmendment to set the real estate tax rate at $1.75 (resulting in reductions of approximately $500,000 for pay study implementation, $188,000 for merit increase, and ~$100,000 in nonprofit funding).

   ✓ McQuillen✓ Hall✓ Peterson✕ Bates✕ Amos✕ Hardy-Chandler
   failedAmendment to defer the Willard-Sherwood community center expansion to the FY 2027 budget.

   ✓ McQuillen✓ Hall✓ Peterson✕ Bates✕ Amos✕ Hardy-Chandler
   failedAmendment to implement 50% of the pay study in FY 2026 and 50% in FY 2027.

   ✓ McQuillen✓ Hall✓ Peterson✕ Bates✕ Amos✕ Hardy-Chandler
   passedAmendment to incorporate all changes included in the Budget Change Document (Attachment I, previously published) into the main budget motion.

   ✓ Read✓ Amos✓ Bates✓ Hardy-Chandler✕ Hall✕ McQuillen✕ Peterson
   failedMotion to set the real estate tax rate at $1.0550 per $100 of assessed value, personal property and machinery and tools tax rate at $4.13 per $100 of assessed value, and personal property tax rate at $0.01 per $100 for qualifying volunteer fire/rescue members, effective January 1, 2025 (first vote).

   ✓ Bates✓ Amos✓ Hardy-Chandler✕ McQuillen✕ Hall✕ Peterson
   passedMotion to set the real estate tax rate at $1.0550 per $100 of assessed value, personal property and machinery and tools tax rate at $4.13 per $100 of assessed value, and personal property tax rate at $0.01 per $100 for qualifying volunteer fire/rescue members, effective January 1, 2025 (second vote).

   ✓ Amos✓ Bates✓ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson
   passedMain motion to adopt the FY 2026 Budget (all funds), FY 2026 Schedule of Rates and Levies, FY 2026–2030 Capital Improvement Program, FY 2026 health benefit contribution rates, 2.0% merit increase effective January 1, 2026 for eligible general scale employees, and programmed annual step increase for public safety employees, as amended by the Budget Change Document.

   ✓ Amos✓ Bates✓ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson
   passedMotion to approve appropriation resolutions R-25-10 (General), R-25-11 (Capital), R-25-12 (Wastewater), R-25-13 (Transit), R-25-14 (Stormwater Utility), R-25-15 (Cable), R-25-16 (Old Town), R-25-17 (Transportation Tax), R-25-18 (ARPA), and R-25-19 (Debt Service) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.

   ✓ Amos✓ Bates✓ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson
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