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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
DAVENPORT — City administration presented council’s finance committee with the first draft of the 2024 city budget as part of a finance discussion that also included talk about various rates and levies for next year’s cycle during a meeting preceding council’s regular meeting Wednesday, Oct. 11.
After discussion about city needs, the finance committee proposed a water rate increase of 3%, a sewer rate increase of 1% (down from the original proposal of 3%) and a 25-cent garbage rate increase.
City employees are also expected to receive a 4.9% cost-of-living increase. The city plans to raise property tax rates 1%, the legal maximum a municipality can raise rates without a public vote.
The city is currently projecting receiving revenues from the following sources in 2024:
• $285,000 from property tax
• $300,000 from sales tax
• $70,000 in local government assistance
• $215,000 from utility tax
• $4,000 from hotel/motel tax
• $20,000 from real estate excise tax
• $8,000 from liquor excise tax
• $14,000 from liquor board profits
• $4,000 from marijuana tax
• $21,000 from facilities leases (T-Mobile using red/white water tank)
• $25,000 to the criminal justice fund
• $70,000 from public safety sales tax
• $35,000 from motor vehicle fuel tax
• $460,000 from water fees
• $415,000 from sewer fees
• $340,000 from garbage fees
The budget draft has a projected funds gain of $908,169.
A public hearing was held during council’s regular meeting, and another public hearing will be held before the final budget is presented to council for approval in December.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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