by Logan Gruber
operations@thenewsleaders.com
A final budget was agreed upon at the Dec. 7 city council meeting.
The 2016 budget is about $2.78 million, an increase of about 7 percent from this year. The 2015 budget was about $2.7 million.
City officials approved a final tax levy of about $1.84 million, an increase of about 2.08 percent from this year’s levy. The 2015 levy was about $1.7 million.
Notable budget items for this year include the hiring of a full-time community development director, a part-time recreation director and community center staffer and seasonal public works workers/contractors for the community center. A half-time police officer hire was removed from the budget due to a grant not being received, as was the economic development authority intern position.
