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Tonganoxie’s 2007 budget gets final OK

By Shawn Linenberger - | Aug 17, 2016

Estuardo Garcia

Tonganoxie has approved its 2017 budget.

No residents spoke during the budget hearing at Monday’s City Council meeting, so the council voted, 5-0, shortly later.

The 2017 rate is .62 of a mill higher than the current 2016 rate (44.179) to accommodate Tonganoxie Public Library’s proposed .62 increase for employee benefits.

A mill generally is $1 in taxes for every $1,000 in property valuation.

The total planned budget for all funds is just more than $7.7 million, an increase of nearly $302,000 from the 2016 budget. The total property tax levy is nearly $1,642,000, an increase of almost $79,100 from the 2016 budget.

Some highlights of this year’s budget:

There is no increase to water and sewer rates for 2017, nor are there increases to costs of any city fees, licenses or permits.

• The 2017 budget includes merit increases for all full-time employees.

• It also includes a market adjustment for several full-time positions, which will go into effect Jan. 1.

• The surplus revenue in the Water Operations Fund due to expiring debt will be transferred to the Debt Fund to begin planning for the County Road 1 balloon payments in 2019 and 2020.

Some department budget requests included in the 2017 budget are:

• Municipal court and building permits software, $25,000

• Additional part-time salary for administration, $20,000

• $50 match per pay period for employees participating in a deferred comp plan, $20,000

• Renovation of City Council Chambers and the former City Hall, $34,500

Water tower exterior restoration, $40,000

Sewer main slip lining and cleaning, $60,000.